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Definition of "flash-forward" [flash-forward]

  • A literary or cinematic device in which the chronological sequence of events is interrupted by the interjection of a future event. (noun)
  • The episode or scene depicted by means of this device. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "flash-forward" in a sentence
  • "Yesterday, April 29, was the “flash-forward” date in the …"
  • "That particularly hampered the pacing during the death scene flash-forward."
  • "In between, one could pluck out a few good ideas: the lovers singing over a freshly dug grave; the ever-present reminder of Morold's coffin; the flash-forward of decades in Act III."
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