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

After a flash-forward to close to a year later, the show ends with Will, Mike, Dustin, Lucas, and Max (Sadie Sink) finishing one last Dungeons and Dragons campaign after their high school graduation. —Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 7 Jan. 2026

And didn’t last season close with a flash-forward to a future without him? —Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 30 Dec. 2025

The nature of Lawrence and Hutcherson’s cameo is being kept under wraps, but book readers already know their characters appear alongside Haymitch in the epilogue, which indicates some sort of flash-forward. —Zack Sharf, Variety, 17 Dec. 2025

Lohan took to Instagram to share a preview clip from the new episode, which will involve a flash-forward where the Simpsons children have gotten older. —Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 14 Dec. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1928, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for flash-forward

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