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flip chart

flip chart

1 3.4
A pad of large paper with sheets held at the top for showing ideas by flipping each sheet
  • noun
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  • Examples of teaching/learning strategies include lecture, flip chart, handouts, question and answer, discussion, role-play, case studies, and clinical experience.

Examples

  • I warned everyone that with the history involved, you'd need flip charts and a pointer.

    Blog text (7)
  • Four characters had been written across the face of the flip chart.

    Fiction book (1998)
  • Write the goal on the flip chart in large letters.

    Blog text (7)
  • So this here is my new flip chart since we're now on Zoom time.

  • What started off as one idea on two separate flip charts has quickly grown into something beyond what any of us likely imagined.

    Blog text (27)
  • Most of us who do corporate work of some kind have experienced flip chart "workouts."

    Blog text (29)
  • Individual students or groups can leave evidence of their learning or lingering questions on flip chart paper or whiteboards.

    Academic text (2015)
  • Tami takes the minutes, and Joe mans the flip chart.

    Academic text (1994)
  • Have something tangible, like a flip chart or a page from the deposition with the key words highlighted in yellow.

    Academic text (1995)
  • In the meeting, I used a flip chart to display our quarterly results.

Synonyms

chart
vsflip chart
420 1.3

A picture like a graph or table that shows information clearly

is a physical set of sheets joined at the top for sequential presentation
pad
vsflip chart
88 1.0

A stack of paper sheets fastened at one edge for writing

is used for presenting by flipping sheets fixed at the top
pad of paper
vsflip chart
5 1.0

A set of paper sheets joined at one edge for writing or drawing

is designed for showing information by flipping top fixed sheets

How Big

flip chart
1 3.4
notebook
187 1.0
writing pad
1 1.1
notepad
18 1.0

Surface Forms

flip chart singular
flip charts plural

Morphology

flip + chart

The meaning 'a chart you flip through' is directly and transparently built from 'flip' (to turn over) + 'chart' (a visual display); the compound denotes a chart that is flipped through. This compositional pattern is straightforward and cross-linguistically accessible, so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily infer the meaning.

Etymology

Flip chart comes from a simple picture: a large chart made of paper sheets fixed at the top so you can flip each sheet over to show the next idea. People used it in meetings and classrooms, so the name now means a big pad of paper used to 'present' information.