bigram

/ˈbaɪɡræm/

Definitions

1. noun

A sequence of two items, such as letters or words, that appear together in a particular order.

“The poem consisted of several bigrams, including “unseen moon” and “silent night”.”

2. noun

In linguistics, a bigram is a unit of measurement for the frequency of word pairs in a language.

“The researchers analyzed the bigrams in a sample of text to identify trends in language usage.”

Synonyms

  • digram
  • pair

Antonyms

  • monogram