intermingling
intermingling is the gerund of intermingle.
intermingling is the present participle and gerund of intermingle.
Meaning of intermingle
Verb
intermingle (third-person singular simple present intermingles, present participle intermingling, simple past and past participle intermingled)
- To mix (things) together.
- These representative species often meet and interlock; and as the one becomes rarer and rarer, the other becomes more and more frequent, till the one replaces the other. But if we compare these species where they intermingle, they are generally as absolutely distinct from each other in every detail...1859, Charles Darwin, On the Origin of Species
- To become mixed together.
- At present, passenger and goods traffic intermingle, a factor which complicates operation.1959 October, “Station Reconstruction at Leeds”, in Railway Magazine, page 686
Forms of intermingling
| plural | interminglings |
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Origin of intermingling
From intermingle + -ing.
Questions about intermingling
- What is intermingling the gerund of?
- Intermingling is the gerund of intermingle.
Words near intermingling in the dictionary
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