mingle

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But another reason why the event is so popular is because it gives local businesses a chance to mix and mingle, which is always one of the chamber's main objectives.

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  1. transitive verb To mix or bring together in combination, usually without loss of individual characteristics. See Synonyms at mix.
  2. transitive verb To mix so that the components become united; merge.
  3. intransitive verb To be or become mixed or united.
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  • Co-mingle is a much-needed improvement, as is starting from a specified category. —  mytreo.net
  • But another reason why the event is so popular is because it gives local businesses a chance to mix and mingle, which is always one of the chamber's main objectives. —  The Gazette-Enterprise: News
  • 210 Soraismus, or the vice called the mingle-mangle. —  The Arte of English Poesie
  • There will also some quiet spaces to meet and mingle, and we expect some very special guests. —  Planet Sun
  • Formal invite TK but please save the date to stuff your face with cupcakes, mingle, and win fun prizes! —  Cupcakes Take The Cake
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  1. Middle English menglen, frequentative of mengen, to mix, from Old English mengan; see mag- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. Early modern English also mingil, mengle; from Middle English *mengelen (not found) = Dutch mengelen = Middle High German G. mengeln, in comp. vermengein, mingle; freq. of. ming.
  2. Early modern English also mengle; from mingle, v.
 

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