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ngram

ngram is the alternative form of n-gram.

Meaning of n-gram

Noun

n-gram (plural n-grams)

  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 of ngram

pluralngrams

Questions about ngram

What is ngram the alternative form of?
Ngram is the alternative form of n-gram.

Words near ngram in the dictionary

  1. NGP
  2. NGPs
  3. Ngqika
  4. Ngqikas
  5. NGR
  6. ngram
  7. ngrams
  8. Ngreedia
  9. NGRI
  10. NGRs
  11. ngs

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