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🎬 A future scene 💭 A future vision ⏩ To show the future
to flashforward

to flashforward

6.8
To show a short scene that jumps ahead to future events
  • verb
  • /ˈflæʃˌfɔːrwərd/
  • Literature
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  • The director decided to flashforward to the hero's old age in the middle of the movie.

Examples

  • In the novel, the author flashforwards to reveal the outcome before returning to the present timeline.

  • Did you notice how the story flashforwarded to the climax?

  • Writers sometimes flashforward to create suspense about what will happen to the characters.

  • The film flashforwards to the protagonist's future.

  • The director decided to flashforward to the hero's old age in the middle of the movie.

  • Writers sometimes flashforward to create suspense about what will happen to the characters.

  • In the novel, the author flashforwards to reveal the outcome before returning to the present timeline.

Antonyms

flashback
  • Literature
41 4.5

A scene in a film or book that shows an earlier time

Surface Forms

flashforward infinitive
flashforwarded past
flashforwarded past participle
flashforwarding present participle
flashforwards third person singular

Etymology

The verb flashforward is made from flash ('sudden, quick') and forward ('ahead'), so to flashforward is to jump the story forward and show a future scene for a short time. This is why writers and directors sometimes flashforward to build suspense about what will happen.