Dictionary

n-gram en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈɛŋˌɡɹæm/
• /ˈɛnˌɡɹæm/

Etymology

From n + -gram.

Meanings

1. A contiguous sequence of one or more items (usually characters or words) from a given sequence of text or speech, used in analysis.
   • Hyland's study demonstrates how n-grams can reveal similarities and differences both between genres and between different sets of writers. 2012, Winnie Cheng, Exploring Corpus Linguistics: Language in Action, Routledge, →ISBN:

Forms

Hyponyms

bigram · trigram · tetragram · unigram · fourgram

Relateds

shingle · q-gram

Translations (3)

is N-stæða (linguistics: contiguous sequence of n items) · sv n-gram (linguistics: contiguous sequence of n items) · de N-Gramm (linguistics: contiguous sequence of n items)