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mixed-use

mixed-use adjective: of an urban development: blending residential, commercial, cultural, institutional, or entertainment uses, where those functions are physically and functionally integrated, and have routes that connect them for pedestrians.

Adjective

mixed-use (not comparable)

  1. Of an urban development: blending residential, commercial, cultural, institutional, or entertainment uses, where those functions are physically and functionally integrated, and have routes that connect them for pedestrians.
    • The redevelopment of York station's surroundings to homes alongside office, retail and hospitality space demonstrates how land near stations is being adapted for mixed-use purposes to create well-connected urban areas.2025 October 1, Richard Evans, “The value of the railway effect”, in RAIL, number 1045, page 58

Questions about mixed-use

What does mixed-use mean?
Mixed-use means of an urban development: blending residential, commercial, cultural, institutional, or entertainment uses, where those functions are physically and functionally integrated, and have routes that connect them for pedestrians.
What part of speech is mixed-use?
Mixed-use is an adjective.

Words near mixed-use in the dictionary

  1. mixed-methods research
  2. mixed-race
  3. mixed-sex
  4. mixed-traffic
  5. mixed-up
  6. mixed-use
  7. mixeder
  8. mixedly
  9. mixedness
  10. mixedwood
  11. mixedwoods

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