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mingle

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English

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Etymology

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From earlier mingil, mengle, from Middle English menglen, equivalent to ming +‎ -le. Cognate with Dutch mengelen (“to mingle, mix”), German mengen (“to mingle, mix”). More at ming.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈmɪŋ.ɡəl/
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  • Rhymes: -ɪŋɡəl

Verb

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mingle (third-person singular simple present mingles, present participle mingling, simple past and past participle mingled)

  1. (transitive) To intermix; to combine or join, as an individual or part, with other parts, but commonly so as to be distinguishable in the product.[1]
    Synonyms: confuse, confound
  2. (transitive) To associate or unite in a figurative way, or by ties of relationship.
  3. To cause or allow to intermarry.
  4. To intermarry.
    • 1535 October 14 (Gregorian calendar), Myles Coverdale, transl., Biblia: The Byble, […] (Coverdale Bible), [Cologne or Marburg]: [Eucharius Cervicornus and Johannes Soter?], →OCLC, III. Essdras [1 Esdras] viij:[87], folio vij, verso, column 2:
      [W]e haue bꝛokẽ thy ſtatutes ⁊ cõmaundementes agayne, ⁊ mengled oꝛ ſelues wt the vnclẽnes of the outlandiſh heithen.
      [W]e have broken thy statutes and commandments again, and mingled ourselves with the uncleanness of the foreign heathen.
    • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Ezra 9:2, column 1:
      [T]he holy ſeed haue mingled themſelues with the people of thoſe lands, […]
  5. (transitive) To deprive of purity by mixture; to contaminate.[1]
    • a. 1729, John Rogers, The Necessity of Universal Obedience:
      a mingled, imperfect virtue
  6. (transitive) To make or prepare by mixing the ingredients of.[1]
  7. (transitive, obsolete) To put together; to join.[1]
  8. (intransitive) To become mixed or blended.
  9. (intransitive) To socialize with different people at a social event.
    • 2009, Jane Buckingham, The Modern Girl's Guide to Life:
      And allow a bit of a cocktail hour before the meal so that when your guests arrive, you have time to mingle before you step into the kitchen.

Conjugation

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Conjugation of mingle
infinitive (to) mingle
present tense past tense
1st-person singular mingle mingled
2nd-person singular mingle, minglest† mingled, mingledst†
3rd-person singular mingles, mingleth† mingled
plural mingle
subjunctive mingle mingled
imperative mingle —
participles mingling mingled

† Archaic or obsolete.

Derived terms

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Translations

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Noun

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mingle (plural mingles)

  1. The act of informally meeting numerous people in a group.
    • 2019, Sally Lou Oaks Loveman, Speak: Love Your Story, Your Audience Is Waiting:
      When speakers engage their audiences before they speak with a quick mingle and keep the engagement going throughout the speech, the access point for fear is cut off because there is no silence.
  2. (obsolete) A mixture.
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References

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 “mingle”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

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