MEANING
Mix together, or become mixed, so that different elements share a common space.
Use it for
describing cultural elements occurring together; showing the mixing of narrative voices or sources; distinguishing contact and mixture from complete integrationDescribes mixing without automatically claiming complete fusion or a coherent synthesis. Academic functions: Analysis / Interpretation, Synthesis, Change / Pattern / Trend.
Words that belong together
- intermingle with
- intermingle in the narrative
- intermingling traditions
On the page
Economic concerns intermingle with moral arguments throughout the policy debate.
In the novel, recollection and present observation intermingle without forming a single reliable chronology.
Nearby words
Word forms
- Base
- intermingle
- Past tense
- intermingled
- Past participle
- intermingled
- Present participle
- intermingling
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- intermingle
- Present continuous
- am/is/are intermingling
- Present perfect
- have/has intermingled
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been intermingling
- Past
- intermingled
- Past continuous
- was/were intermingling
- Past perfect
- had intermingled
- Past perfect continuous
- had been intermingling
- Future
- will intermingle
- Future continuous
- will be intermingling
- Future perfect
- will have intermingled
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been intermingling
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Verb: elements intermingle, often with other elements. Third-person intermingles; past and past participle intermingled; present participle intermingling. Register: formal. Commonness: uncommon (qualitative editorial estimate, informed by dictionaries/corpus).
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