Skip to main content
flashcard

flashcard

5 1.8
A small card with a word or picture used to help you remember
  • noun
  • /ˈflæʃˌkɑrd/
translation icon : tarjeta didáctica
  • Using flashcards can help improve your memory by making learning more interactive.
  • using flashcards
  • Traditional flashcard
  • flashcards for math

Examples

  • Parents can make their own electronic flashcards or get free pre-made ones.

    Academic text (2002)
  • Teachers might incorporate online flashcard programs where the terms, definitions, and pictures can be combined.

    Academic text (2012)
  • In traditional flashcard procedures, all of the items are unknown.

    Academic text (2014)
  • You make flashcards with the words you want them to learn.

    Academic text (2015)
  • When employing this procedure, flashcards are presented to students in a rapid fashion.

    Academic text (2014)
  • To develop a strong foundation of number sense requires teachers to go beyond flashcards or visual displays of objects.

    Academic text (2015)
  • Student 4 reserved the use of flashcards for learning definitions or vocabulary words prior to exams.

    Academic text (2005)
  • Before each intervention session, Eddie reviewed flashcards of various phonics sounds.

    Academic text (2013)
  • Also, the tote bag contained flashcards, sight words, phonics games, markers, and crayons.

    Academic text (2015)
  • Students review their flashcards to memorize vocabulary for the upcoming test.

Synonyms

flash card
vsflashcard
9 1.7

A small paper card with words or pictures shown quickly to help you learn

is written as a single word rather than two words
notecard
vsflashcard
1 3.0

A small card for writing short notes or reminders

is shown briefly to aid memorization rather than for written reminders

How Informative

reference
83 3.7
cheat sheet
8 3.4
flashcard
5 1.8
notecard
1 3.0

Surface Forms

flashcard singular
flashcards plural

Morphology

flashcard = flash + card (transparent) = flash + card

The word denotes a card used in brief displays or 'flashes' for study, directly combining the ordinary meanings of 'flash' and 'card'.

Etymology

The word flashcard comes from flash ('a quick light or sudden show') and card ('a small piece of paper'). So a flashcard is a small card you show in a flash to help you learn or remember words and facts.