Flashback+Flash-farward

FLASHBACK
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Dictionary entry overview: What does flashback mean?
• FLASHBACK (noun)
The noun FLASHBACK has 2 senses:
1. a transition (in literary or theatrical works or films) to an earlier event or scene that interrupts the normal chronological development of the story
2. an unexpected but vivid recurrence of a past experience (especially a recurrence of the effects of an hallucinogenic drug taken much earlier)
Familiarity information: FLASHBACK used as a noun is rare.

Dictionary entry details
• FLASHBACK (noun)

Sense 1 flashback [BACK TO TOP]
Meaning:
A transition (in literary or theatrical works or films) to an earlier event or scene that interrupts the normal chronological development of the story
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("flashback" is a kind of...):
transition (a passage that connects a topic to one that follows)
Domain category:
literature (creative writing of recognized artistic value)
Antonym:
flash-forward (a transition (in literary or theatrical works or films) to a later event or scene that interrupts the normal chronological development of the story)

Sense 2 flashback [BACK TO TOP]
Meaning:
An unexpected but vivid recurrence of a past experience (especially a recurrence of the effects of an hallucinogenic drug taken much earlier)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Hypernyms ("flashback" is a kind of...):
recurrence; return (happening again (especially at regular intervals))
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FLASH-FORWARD
Pronunciation (US):
Dictionary entry overview: What does flash-forward mean?
• FLASH-FORWARD (noun)
The noun FLASH-FORWARD has 1 sense:
1. a transition (in literary or theatrical works or films) to a later event or scene that interrupts the normal chronological development of the story
Familiarity information: FLASH-FORWARD used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details
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• FLASH-FORWARD (noun)

Sense 1 flash-forward [BACK TO TOP]
Meaning:
A transition (in literary or theatrical works or films) to a later event or scene that interrupts the normal chronological development of the story
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("flash-forward" is a kind of...):
transition (a passage that connects a topic to one that follows)
Domain category:
literature (creative writing of recognized artistic value)
Antonym:
flashback (a transition (in literary or theatrical works or films) to an earlier event or scene that interrupts the normal chronological development of the story