mingle

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English

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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “mingle”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈmɪŋ.ɡəl/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • 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. (obsolete) A mixture.
  2. 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.
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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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