flash-forward

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(flash′fôr′wərd)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
flash-for•ward  (flash′fôr′wərd),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Literaturea device in the narrative of a motion picture, novel, etc., by which a future event or scene is inserted into the chronological structure of the work.
  2. Literaturean event or scene so inserted.
  • flash + forward, on the model of flashback 1945–50


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