bigram

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US/ˈbaɪ.ɡɹæm/

noun

An n-gram consisting of two items from a sequence; a 2-gram.

“bigram model”

UncommonScrabble 11

Meanings

nounbigram (plural bigrams)

plural bigrams

  1. attributiveoftenhuman sciencesAn n-gram consisting of two items from a sequence; a 2-gram.

    bigram model

    1 more example

    Durrant (2009), for example, developed a list of 1000 academic two-word bigrams, of which 763 were lexical words combined with function words.

    2018, Clarence Green, James Lambert, “Position vectors, homologous chromosomes and gamma rays: Promoting disciplinary literacy through Secondary Phrase Lists”, in English for Specific Purposes, →DOI, page 2

Origin

Translations

Icelandic tvístæða
  • tvístæðalinguistics: a pair used in analysis
Swedish bigram
  • bigramlinguistics: a pair used in analysis
Cite this entry
APA

bigram. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bigram

MLA

“bigram.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bigram. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bigram,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bigram.

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