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   Flashforward

   /ˌflaSHˈfôrwərd/

   

   noun

   • 1. a scene in a movie, novel, etc. that is set in a time later than the main story: "the flashforward hinted that an engagement could be in the foreseeable future"

   verb

   • 1. move to a scene in a movie, novel, etc. that is set in a time later than the main story: "we flashforward to two weeks later"

   Word Origin early 20th century (as an adjective): from flash1 + forward, on the model of flashback.

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