"flashforward" meaning in English

See flashforward in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: flashforwards [plural]
Etymology: Blend of flashback + forward Etymology templates: {{blend|en|flashback|forward}} Blend of flashback + forward Head templates: {{en-noun}} flashforward (plural flashforwards)
  1. (narratology) A dramatic device in which a future event is inserted into the normal chronological flow of a narrative. Categories (topical): Narratology Translations (dramatic device): etuuma (Finnish), flashforward [masculine] (French), Vorausblende [feminine] (German)
    Sense id: en-flashforward-en-noun-6iUHlp4f Categories (other): English blends, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations Disambiguation of English blends: 51 49 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 60 40 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 76 24 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 75 25 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 87 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 76 24 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 82 18 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 85 15 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, narratology, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: flash-forward

Verb

Forms: flashforwards [present, singular, third-person], flashforwarding [participle, present], flashforwarded [participle, past], flashforwarded [past]
Etymology: Blend of flashback + forward Etymology templates: {{blend|en|flashback|forward}} Blend of flashback + forward Head templates: {{en-verb}} flashforward (third-person singular simple present flashforwards, present participle flashforwarding, simple past and past participle flashforwarded)
  1. To use this dramatic device. Related terms: flashback
    Sense id: en-flashforward-en-verb-UoaqTDtf Categories (other): English blends Disambiguation of English blends: 51 49
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: flash-forward

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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