# zeugmas

**Pronunciation:** ZEUGMAS

**CEFR level:** B1

**Part of speech:** noun

## Meaning

Zeugmas means the act of using a word, particularly an adjective or verb, to apply to more than one noun when its sense is appropriate to only one.

## Examples

- The article uses zeugmas to mean (rhetoric) The act of using a word, particularly an adjective or verb, to apply....
- The teacher asked students to find zeugmas in the reading.
- Check the words around zeugmas to choose the right meaning.

## Common patterns

- a/the zeugmas — Use an article when the noun is countable in context. — The article mentioned a zeugmas.
- zeugmas in context — Use surrounding words to choose the correct sense. — We checked zeugmas in context before translating it.

## Collocations

- zeugmas example — The teacher gave a zeugmas example.
- zeugmas meaning — We checked the zeugmas meaning before moving on.

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