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# intermingle

«intermingle» in Mova's school dictionary: **to mix together, so that the different parts are spread…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (intermingle, intermingles, intermingled, intermingling)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To intermingle is to mix together, so that the different parts are spread among each other. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intermingle/#m1)

2) When people intermingle, they mix and mingle in a group, talking with people they did not come with. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intermingle/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

Used in science for things that mix (smells, colours, liquids), in geography and history for peoples and cultures mixing, and in stories for crowds at a party. It tells the reader that things are no longer apart. Phrases: «intermingle with», «intermingled with».

### examples

- The smells of bread and coffee intermingled in the kitchen. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intermingle/#x1)
- At the party, the parents intermingled with the teachers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intermingle/#x2)
- In the river mouth, fresh water intermingles with salt water. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intermingle/#x3)
- The two colours of paint intermingled into a swirl. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intermingle/#x4)
- Many cultures intermingle in a big city like London or Toronto. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intermingle/#x5)
- Laughter intermingled with the music. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intermingle/#x6)
- At lunch the older and younger pupils intermingled on the field. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intermingle/#x7)
- Birds, flowers, and festoons appeared intermingled in seeming confusion. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intermingle/#x8)

### note

Regular verb: intermingled, intermingling. Often with «with». A bit more formal than «mix» or «mingle»; means the same.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «intermingle» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intermingle/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.