different between among vs mingle

English

Alternative forms

• amonge (archaic)
• amoung (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English among, amang, amonge, amange, from Old English amang, on?emang, equivalent to a- +? mong (“crowd; group; throng”). Compare dialectal German mang, Saterland Frisian monk, monken (“among”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??m??/
• IPA^(key): /??m??/
• Hyphenation: a?mong
• Rhymes: -??

Preposition

among

1. Denotes a mingling or intermixing with distinct or separable objects. (See Usage Note at amidst.)

2. Denotes a belonging of a person or a thing to a group.

3. Denotes a sharing of a common feature in a group.

   • Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things which are most surely believed among us […]

Usage notes

• For the comparison of among with between, see the usage notes in between.
• Many Americans view "amongst" as an archaic/Commonwealth variant, and use "among" exclusively.

Synonyms

• amongst (variant of among)
• amidst
• amid

Translations

See also

• between
• within

Anagrams

• Gamon, Mogan, ang mo, goman, mango, ngoma

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: a?mong

Verb

among

1. To be made or become a collateral damage.
2. To implicate; to connect or involve in an unfavorable or criminal way with something.
3. To drag in.

Ibatan

Noun

among

1. fish

Lubuagan Kalinga

Noun

among

1. party; banquet

Middle English

Alternative forms

• amang, amonkes, omang

Etymology

From Old English amang, on?emang, equivalent to a- +? mong.

Preposition

among

1. among

Descendants

• English: among
• Scots: among
• Yola: amang

References

• “among(es, prep.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Adverb

among

1. among

References

• “among(es, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Tagalog

Noun

among

1. (colloquial) priest (commonly used with respect)

Yami

Noun

among

1. fish

English

Etymology

From earlier mingil, mengle, from Middle English menglen, equivalent to ming +? -le. Cognate with Dutch mengen (“to mingle, mix”), German mengen (“to mingle, mix”). More at ming.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m??.??l/
• Rhymes: -????l

Verb

mingle (third-person singular simple present mingles, present participle mingling, simple past and past participle mingled)

1. (transitive) To intermix; to combine or join, as an individual or part, with other parts, but commonly so as to be distinguishable in the product

   Synonyms: confuse, confound
2. (transitive) To associate or unite in a figurative way, or by ties of relationship
3. to cause or allow to intermarry
4. to intermarry.
5. (transitive) To deprive of purity by mixture; to contaminate.
   • a. 1729, John Rogers, The Necessity of Universal Obedience

     a mingled, imperfect virtue

6. (transitive) To make or prepare by mixing the ingredients of.

   • [He] proceeded to mingle another draught.

7. (transitive, obsolete) To put together; to join.
8. (intransitive) To become mixed or blended.
9. (intransitive) To socialize with different people at a social event.
   • 2009, Jane Buckingham, The Modern Girl's Guide to Life

     And allow a bit of a cocktail hour before the meal so that when your guests arrive, you have time to mingle before you step into the kitchen.

Conjugation

Derived terms

• bemingle
• commingle
• mingler
• overmingle
• undermingle
• unmingle

Translations

Noun

mingle (plural mingles)

1. (obsolete) A mixture.
2. The act of informally meeting numerous people in a group
   • 2019, Sally Lou Oaks Loveman, Speak: Love Your Story, Your Audience Is Waiting

     When speakers engage their audiences before they speak with a quick mingle and keep the engagement going throughout the speech, the access point for fear is cut off because there is no silence.

Related terms

• among
• mongrel

Anagrams

• Leming, leming