flash-forward

noun

flash-for·​ward ˈflash-ˈfȯr-wərd 

: interruption of chronological sequence (as in a film or novel) by interjection of events of future occurrence

also : an instance of flash-forward

flash forward intransitive verb

Examples of flash-forward in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Somewhere between the two timelines that the show introduced was a wilderness flash-forward of a girl in a white dress running for her life, barefoot through snow, who is then impaled and eaten by her friends. —Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 11 Apr. 2025

Zion is an excellent, empathetic anchor for viewers when shots fire in the season's opening flash-forward. —Randall Colburn, EW.com, 8 Apr. 2025

The first episode of the season began with a flash-forward of gunshots ringing out while Belinda (Natasha Rothwell)'s son Zion (Nicholas Duvernay) was having a meditation session. —Sabrina Weiss, People.com, 7 Apr. 2025

The issues the pair had were too big to get addressed further or resolved in the flash-forwards in the series finale. —Alamin Yohannes, EW.com, 28 Mar. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1928, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for flash-forward

• henceforward
• straightforward
• thenceforward
• carryforward
• equatorward
• forward
• shoreward