mingle
[ming-guh l]
- to become mixed, blended, or united.
- to associate or mix in company: She refuses to mingle with bigots.
- to associate or take part with others; participate.
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- to mix or combine; put together in a mixture; blend.
- to unite, join, or conjoin.
- to associate in company: a hostess who mingles diplomats with executives.
- to form by mixing; compound; concoct.
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- mingles, two or more single, unrelated adults who live together.
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Origin of mingle
1425–75; late Middle English menglen, equivalent to meng(en) to mix (Old English mengan; cognate with Dutch, German mengen) + -(e)len -le
Synonyms
See more synonyms for mingle on Thesaurus.com4. commingle, intermingle, intermix. See mix.
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Examples from the Web for mingle
Contemporary Examples
The 420-friendly site, “built by stoners for stoners,” allows you to mingle and jingle with—well, you get it.
It was notable Wednesday that the cameraman and photographers were allowed to mingle somewhat freely with the playgroup.
Research suggests forcing coworkers to mingle can be damaging for relationships between diverse members of staff.
The appeal: they are “judgment-free zones where the like-minded can mingle freely and furtively.”
Celebrities like Paris Hilton and an incognito Selena Gomez mingle in the elevated VIP area by the main stage.
Historical Examples
He did not mingle with it, but remained aloof, always himself, and was even feared by it.
White FangJack London
He must mingle sometimes with others, that he may be always with her!
Vivian GreyEarl of Beaconsfield, Benjamin Disraeli
He had also a trick to mingle his commodity, that that which was bad might go off with the least mistrust.
BunyanJames Anthony Froude
If he could but see her and mingle his tears with hers he would be content.
The Captain of the Pole-Star and Other TalesArthur Conan Doyle
Must mingle other atoms with those before they stabilize in our plane.
Wanderer of InfinityHarl Vincent
mingle
- to mix or cause to mix
- (intr often foll by with) to come into close association
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Word Origin
C15: from Old English mengan to mix; related to Middle Dutch mengen, Old Frisian mengja
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Word Origin and History for mingle
v.
mid-15c., "to bring together," frequentative of Middle English myngen "to mix," from Old English mengan (related to second element in among), from Proto-Germanic *mangjan "to knead together" (cf. Old Saxon mengian, Old Norse menga, Old Frisian mendza, German mengen), from PIE *mag- "to knead, fashion, fit" (see macerate). The formation may have been suggested by cognate Middle Dutch mengelen. Of persons, "to join with others, be sociable" (intransitive), from c.1600. Related: Mingled; mingling.
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