flash-forward

[ flash-fawr-werd ]

noun

1. a device in the narrative of a motion picture, novel, etc., by which a future event or scene is inserted into the chronological structure of the work.
2. an event or scene so inserted.

Word History and Origins

Origin of flash-forward¹

1945–50; flash + forward, on the model of flashback

Example Sentences

Asked whether or not it includes that much-derided flash-forward sequence in the book, Lawrence laughs.

From The Daily Beast

Flash forward to 2010 and 25 percent of the voters who turned out were “satisfied” or “enthusiastic.”

From The Daily Beast

Flash forward just two months later and pollsters now find Republicans leading Democrats 49% to 44%.

From The Daily Beast

Flash forward and somewhere, somehow, the puppet reporters' wishes were heard.

From The Daily Beast

Flash forward 65 years and the world votes Palestine into existence, albeit as an observer state.

From The Daily Beast

Jon saw the blade flash forward and then felt it slide into his abdomen.

From Project Gutenberg

Then he would go back to the torpedo, make a minute alteration in his line, and again flash forward, only to miss it again.

From Project Gutenberg