Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A state or an instance of confusion; a muddle.
- noun Informal A fight or melee.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun To confuse the identities of (two or more objects); to mistake (one object for another).
- noun To mix together; -- usually implying a mistake, whether done intentionally or unintentionally.
- noun a mistake that results from taking one thing to be another.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
confusion ,mistake ,muddle ormisunderstanding
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb assemble without order or sense
- verb cause to be perplexed or confounded
- noun a mistake that results from taking one thing to be another
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Examples
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He called the mix-up with his son's remains "unfortunate" but no longer an issue because, in his words, "Mark is in heaven."
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Mistaken Identity Lands Man in Jail Francisco Daniel Romero was jailed due to name mix-up with a murder suspect.
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Italy's new government has minister name mix-up Italy's new government has admitted that in its haste to appoint a new cabinet, mixed up the name of its deputy agriculture secretary.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph Telegraph Staff 2011
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ATL woman got 53 days of prison time for name mix-up.
Crooks and Liars Bluegal aka Fran 2011
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Announcing the mix-up, council chief executive Nicola Yates said: "On Friday, 4 November 2011, I was made aware of a situation relating to the body of a man, who was in his late thirties, located in the city mortuary."
Christopher Alder's family told they buried the wrong person 2011
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The Swiss centre-back's nastiest moment came not from Carroll but from Adam, who took advantage of a mix-up in the Fulham midfield on the hour to dribble from the halfway line to the edge of the area, where Senderos barged him over and was extremely fortunate to see Kevin Friend award a free-kick and a yellow card rather than a penalty and a dismissal.
Andy Carroll's ineffectiveness adds to Liverpool frustration at Fulham | Richard Williams 2011
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This is not the first time a Russian court decision has resolved a hospital mix-up.
Girls Switched At Birth In Russia Compensated $100,000 Each 2011
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Oh dear, did Cain just do the Iraq/Iran mix-up thing?
Herman Cain: first appearances after sexual harassment allegations – live 2011
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The friends turned design partners had been pursuing their own individual fashion forays before coming together last year to launch their contemporary line, NAHM, named for a mix-up of their initials.
Meredith Barnett: Two's a Charm: Meet the Design Duo Behind NAHM Meredith Barnett 2011
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The friends turned design partners had been pursuing their own individual fashion forays before coming together last year to launch their contemporary line, NAHM, named for a mix-up of their initials.
Meredith Barnett: Two's a Charm: Meet the Design Duo Behind NAHM Meredith Barnett 2011
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