flashcard
noun (a flashcard, flashcards); also flash card
Everyday
- A flashcard is a small card with a word, picture, question or sum on one side and the answer on the other, used to learn and remember things quickly. tree →
- (computing) A digital flashcard is the same thing on an app or computer. tree →
In the lessons
In school pupils use flashcards to learn spellings, times tables, foreign words and facts for tests. Teachers «flash» the card quickly and children answer. Phrases: «make flashcards», «test me with flashcards», «revision flashcards».
Examples
- I made flashcards for my spelling test. tree →
- Mum tested me with times-table flashcards. tree →
- Our French teacher held up a flashcard of a cat. tree →
- Flashcards help you remember new words. tree →
- Shuffle the flashcards before you start. tree →
- My app has flashcards for Spanish. tree →
- Write the question on one side and the answer on the other side of the flashcard. tree →
Note
Countable: a flashcard, flashcards. Spelled as one word or two (flash card). Learning with flashcards works best if you test yourself and come back to them over several days, rather than just reading them.
On Mova
- Trees and pragmatics of «flashcard» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- «flashcard» in the school dictionary on Mova free.
This page in Markdown → https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/flashcard/