mingle
to socialise with others
TRANSLATION
mingle = mischen, vermengen, sich mischen, mit Leuten in Kontakt kommen, sich unter die Leute mischen
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
Every year at the end of January, top politicians from around the world descend on the Swiss mountain resort of Davos to MINGLE with the bosses of the world's leading companies at the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum.
(BBC News)
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In order to appreciate cultures of another nation, one needs to go there, know the people and MINGLE with the culture of that country.
- David Rockefeller
Did you
know?
mingle
verb
- to mix or combine, or be mixed or combined
- to move around and talk to other people at a social event
(Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary)
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WORD ORIGIN
Mingle (prior to 1475, menglen) developed from the Old English mengan (related to among), which is linked to the Old Frisian mendza (to mix), Old Saxon mengian, Middle Dutch menghen (modern Dutch mengen), and the Old High German and modern German mengen.
Apart from referring to the mixing of substances, like cooking ingredients for instance, mingle is used in the context of getting to know people at a party or other event by moving about within a crowd and talking with others. Mingling among business professionals is also referred to as "networking".
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SYNONYMS
(to mix)
admix, alloy, blend, coalesce, commingle, compound, intermingle, intermix, interweave, make up, marry, meld, merge, unite
(socialising)
associate, circulate, consort, fraternize, hang around, hang out, hobnob, mix, network, rub shoulders with
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SMUGGLE OWAD into a conversation
say something like:
"We'll have a chance to MINGLE with the guests after the seminar."
