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mingle

Pronunciation: /ˈmɪŋ.ɡəl/

The English word “mingle” has 11 meanings listed here.

verb

  1. To intermix; to combine or join, as an individual or part, with other parts, but commonly so as to be distinguishable in the product.
  2. To associate or unite in a figurative way, or by ties of relationship.
  3. To cause or allow to intermarry.
  4. To intermarry.
  5. To deprive of purity by mixture; to contaminate.
  6. To make or prepare by mixing the ingredients of.
  7. To put together; to join.
  8. To become mixed or blended.
  9. To socialize with different people at a social event.

noun

  1. The act of informally meeting numerous people in a group.
  2. A mixture.

Etymology

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.

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