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flash-forward

 
Dictionary: flash-for·ward   (flăsh'fôr'wərd)
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n.
  1. A literary or cinematic device in which the chronological sequence of events is interrupted by the interjection of a future event.
  2. The episode or scene depicted by means of this device.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: a transition (in literary or theatrical works or films) to a later event or scene that interrupts the normal chronological development of the story
  Antonym: flashback (meaning #1)

 
 

 

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