FLASH-FORWARD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does flash-forward mean? 

• FLASH-FORWARD (noun)
  The noun FLASH-FORWARD has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: FLASH-FORWARD used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FLASH-FORWARD (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A transition (in literary or theatrical works or films) to a later event or scene that interrupts the normal chronological development of the story

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("flash-forward" is a kind of...):

transition (a passage that connects a topic to one that follows)

Domain category:

literature (creative writing of recognized artistic value)

Antonym:

flashback (a transition (in literary or theatrical works or films) to an earlier event or scene that interrupts the normal chronological development of the story)