flashcard

«flashcard» in Mova's school dictionary: a small card with a word, picture, question or sum on one… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a flashcard, flashcards); also flash card

meaning for a pupil

1) 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 →

2) (computing) A digital flashcard is the same thing on an app or computer. tree →

sense 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.

In the corpora

• Five minutes a day with three to five words, as a game, works better than an hour of flashcards ending in tears.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «flashcard» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.