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intermixing

intermixing is the present participle and gerund of intermix.

Meaning of intermix

Verb

intermix (third-person singular simple present intermixes, present participle intermixing, simple past and past participle intermixed)

  1. (transitive) To mix together; to intermingle or blend.
    • Either that, or “you have two different groups of hominins with two totally different toolmaking traditions occupying the same landscape at the same time yet never intermixing,” said the study’s lead author, Daniel Adler, an anthropologist at the University of Connecticut.2014 September 29, Douglas Quenqua, “Toolmaking May Have Risen Independently”, in The New York Times

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Noun

intermixing (plural intermixings)

  1. A process of intermixture.
    • The various intermixings of natives, immigrants, and tourists gave the city a cosmopolitan air.

Forms of intermixing

pluralintermixings

Questions about intermixing

What does intermixing mean?
Intermixing means a process of intermixture.
What is intermixing the present participle and gerund of?
Intermixing is the present participle and gerund of intermix.
What part of speech is intermixing?
Intermixing is a noun.
What is the plural of intermixing?
The plural of intermixing is intermixings.

Words near intermixing in the dictionary

  1. intermixed
  2. intermixedly
  3. intermixer
  4. intermixers
  5. intermixes
  6. intermixing
  7. intermixingly
  8. intermixings
  9. intermixt
  10. intermixtly
  11. intermixture

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