Word HolderHow Word Holder works
Look up a word once. Word Holder keeps it with its meaning — and brings it back until it sticks.
- Look up a word you just met — in a book, a show or a conversation. It's saved with its meaning and its sentence.
- Review it when it comes due — a short daily session, scheduled by spaced repetition.
- Quiz yourself — on the sentences your words came with.
- Reading in Word Holder? Tap a word instead of typing it.
Shown below in Italian. It works the same in every supported language:
1 · Look up a word. It's kept.
Met a word in a book, a show or a conversation? Type it in. You get its meanings, and the word is saved with them.
Type “sfogliare” into the lookup field: its meanings and an example sentence appear, and the word is saved to your words for review.
2 · Review it when it comes due.
Word Holder turns the saved word into a review card: recall the word from context, reveal the answer, then choose how well you knew it.
3 · Quiz yourself on your own words.
Quizzes are built from your words and the sentences they came with. Put each word back where it belongs.
A sentence quiz shows “In treno mi piace sfogliare una rivista di viaggi.” with “sfogliare” removed and a bank of your words to choose from. Place the right word and check your answer.
4 · Reading in Word Holder? Just tap.
Open an Italian reading, tap a word to see its meaning, and Word Holder saves it for spaced-repetition review.
Also good to know
- Reading something longer? Import an article or pick a sample text — every word you tap lands in the same notebook.
- Learning verbs? Verb Gym drills their forms.
- Everything works without an account. Sign up when you want your words on another device.
- Reviews are scheduled by an SM-2-based scheduler — the same family that powered Anki — so each word comes back right before you forget it.
Look it up once. We'll remember it for you.
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