Meaning

2 senses

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

  2. (obsolete)A mixture.

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. — odexed

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  4. Guests mingled at the wedding reception.

    deDie Gäste auf dem Hochzeitsempfang kamen miteinander ins Gespräch. — Yorwba

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  5. Tom is single and ready to mingle.

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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

plural: mingles
Singularmingle
Pluralmingles

regular

Word family

2 related words
RelatedamongA2mongrel

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
mingmingeminiminiatureB2
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