flashforward

See also: flash forward

English

Alternative forms

• flash-forward

Etymology

Blend of flashback +‎ forward

Noun

flashforward (plural flashforwards)

1. (authorship) A dramatic device in which a future event is inserted into the normal chronological flow of a narrative.
   • 2013, "Depp’s Tonto: an upgrade on a stereotype or just an updated stereotype?", The Washington Post, http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/depps-tonto-an-upgrade-on-a-stereotype-or-just-an-updated-stereotype/2013/07/02/36017696-dea3-11e2-b2d4-ea6d8f477a01_story_1.html

     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."

Translations

dramatic device

• Finnish: etuuma
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• German: Vorausblende f

Verb

flashforward (third-person singular simple present flashforwards, present participle flashforwarding, simple past and past participle flashforwarded)

1. To use this dramatic device.

See also

• flashback

Anagrams

• half forwards