Mingle Meaning
/ˈmɪŋ.ɡəl/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
Listen pronunciation
Definition
verbTo intermix; to combine or join, as an individual or part, with other parts, but commonly so as to be distinguishable in the product.
verbTo associate or unite in a figurative way, or by ties of relationship.
Sentence Examples
Mingle your joys sometimes with your earnest occupation.
The colors don't mingle well.
CEFR Practice Quiz
At the party, guests began to ____ and talk with each other in the large hall.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The host encouraged all the guests to ____ and introduce themselves to one another before the formal dinner began.
Word Origin & History
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.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"[T]here was hayle ãd fyre mẽgled with the hayle, […]"
— 1530 January 27 (Gregorian calendar), W[illiam] T[yndale], transl., [The Pentateuch] (Tyndale Bible), Malborow [Marburg], Hesse: […] Hans Luft [actually Antwerp: Johan Hoochstraten], →OCLC, Exodus ix:[24], folio XV, verso:
"Be aware of the smiling enemy, that openly sheatheth his weapon, / But mingleth poison in secret with the sacred salt of hospitality."
— 1838, Martin Farquhar Tupper, “Of Searching for Pride”, in Proverbial Philosophy: A Book of Thoughts and Arguments, Originally Treated, London: Joseph Rickerby, […], →OCLC, page 69:
"Across the city yesterday, there was a feeling of bittersweet reunion as streams of humanity converged and mingled at dozens of memorial services."
— 2006 September 11, Sheryl Gay Stolberg, “Bush Mourns 9/11 at Ground Zero as N.Y. Remembers”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 26 Sep 2011:
"[W]e haue bꝛokẽ thy ſtatutes ⁊ cõmaundementes agayne, ⁊ mengled o^ꝛ ſelues wᵗ the vnclẽnes of the outlandiſh heithen."
— 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:
"[T]he holy ſeed haue mingled themſelues with the people of thoſe lands, […]"
— 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Ezra 9:2, column 1:
Explore More C1 Vocabulary Words
CEFR Practice Quiz
At the party, guests began to ____ and talk with each other in the large hall.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The host encouraged all the guests to ____ and introduce themselves to one another before the formal dinner began.