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flashforward

noun

Etymology

Blend of flashback + forward.

  1. derived from *fura-✻
  2. derived from foreweard
  3. derived from foreward
  4. compounded as flashforward — “flashback + forward”

Definitions

  1. A dramatic device in which a future event is inserted into the normal chronological flow…

    A dramatic device in which a future event is inserted into the normal chronological flow of a narrative.

    • This "Lone Ranger" begins and ends in a flash-forward, with an elderly Tonto installed in a carnival diorama behind a sign that reads "The Noble Savage."

  2. To use this dramatic device.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA