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flash-forward

flash-forward is the alternative form of flashforward.

Meaning of flashforward

Noun

flashforward (plural flashforwards)

  1. A dramatic device in which a future event is inserted into the normal chronological flow of a narrative.
    • 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."2013, “Depp’s Tonto: an upgrade on a stereotype or just an updated stereotype?”, in The Washington Post

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Forms of flash-forward

Noun
pluralflash-forwards
Verb
third-person singular presentflash-forwards
present participleflash-forwarding
past participleflash-forwarded
pastflash-forwarded

Questions about flash-forward

What is flash-forward the alternative form of?
Flash-forward is the alternative form of flashforward.

Words near flash-forward in the dictionary

  1. flash-banged
  2. flash-banging
  3. flash-bangs
  4. flash-burn
  5. flash-burns
  6. flash-forward
  7. flash-forwarded
  8. flash-forwarding
  9. flash-forwards
  10. flash-freeze
  11. flash-freezes

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Adapted from Wiktionary: flash-forward (page history and authors); flashforward (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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