Meaning

9 senses
  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.

    vermischen, vermengen, untermischen

    сме́шиватьsméšivatʹ, смеша́тьsmešátʹ

    змі́шуватиzmíšuvaty, зміша́тиzmišáty

  2. (transitive)To associate or unite in a figurative way, or by ties of relationship.

  3. To cause or allow to intermarry.

    обща́тьсяobščátʹsja, враща́тьсяvraščátʹsja

  4. To intermarry.

  5. (transitive)To deprive of purity by mixture; to contaminate.

    загрязнятьzagrjaznjatʹ

  6. (transitive)To make or prepare by mixing the ingredients of.

    замешиватьzamešivatʹ

  7. (intransitive)To become mixed or blended.

    сме́шиватьсяsméšivatʹsja, смеша́тьсяsmešátʹsja

    змі́шуватисяzmíšuvatysja, зміша́тисяzmišátysja

    get involved or mixed-up with

  8. (intransitive)To socialize with different people at a social event.

  9. (obsolete, transitive)To put together; to join.

    лучи́тиlučýty

    be all mixed up or jumbled together

Examples

24 sentences
  1. Tom is mingling with the guests.

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  2. Tom mingled with the crowd.

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  3. He doesn't mingle with the villagers.

    ruОн сторонится сельчан.

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  4. Guests mingled at the wedding reception.

    deDie Gäste auf dem Hochzeitsempfang kamen miteinander ins Gespräch.

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  5. Tom is single and ready to mingle.

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Translations

7 languages
Українська
By meaning 3
To mix; to intermix; to combine or join:
Obsolete: to put together, to join:
To become mixed or blended:
Русский
By meaning 5
To mix; to intermix; to combine or join:
To associate; to cause or allow to intermarry:
To deprive of purity by mixture; to contaminate:
To make or prepare by mixing the ingredients of:
To become mixed or blended:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
To mix; to intermix; to combine or join:

Origin

From earlier mingil, mengle, from Middle English menglen, equivalent to ming + -le. Cognat

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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Forms

mingles, mingling, mingled, mingled
Base formmingle · to mingle
3rd person singularmingles
Present participlemingling
Past simplemingled
Past participlemingled

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theymingle
he, she, itmingles

Past simpleLesson

all personsmingled

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave mingled
he, she, ithas mingled

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill mingle

Synonyms

8 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

16 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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