Definitions of flash-forward
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a transition (in literary or theatrical works or films) to a later event or scene that interrupts the normal chronological development of the storyantonyms:flashbacka transition (in literary or theatrical works or films) to an earlier event or scene that interrupts the normal chronological development of the storytype of:transitiona passage that connects a topic to one that follows
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