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Meanings of flashback in inglês

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флешбэк
português
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analepsis

Interjected scene that takes a narrative back in time.

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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.

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Examples for "flash-forward"
Examples for "flash-forward"
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Is this some kind of flash-forward to a future without zombies?
The Guardian
2
The identity of the body in the coffin from Jack's flash-forward will be revealed.
Wired
3
The flash-forward left me with a million questions.
Wired
4
The story begins with a dramatic flash-forward.
The Guardian
5
A spokesman for the comics said the events in the flash-forward series will not affect Archie in the present-day series.
Reuters
espanhol
flashback

Psychological phenomenon in which a person re-experiences a memory.

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Malware targeting Mac OS X systems.

Usage of flashback in inglês
1
Former Miss America Vanessa Williams is also mentioned in a flashback scene.
The Irish Times
2
After a cursory back-story flashback, Amazing Spider-Man 2 swings right into action.
Wired
3
It's a memory no one wants, let alone to have flashback of.
Radio NZ
4
This immediately impressive opening episode proceeds in flashback from a gangland shooting.
The Guardian
5
The segment also began with an embarrassing flashback to an unfortunate haircut.
News.com.au
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If we go ahead with this, how do we handle the flashback
Cabinet of Curiosities
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They, along with all those flashback glimpses, telegraph a tad too much.
Reuters
8
During the filming, I had a flashback to my near-death in California.
Sympathy for the devil
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Instead of soft focus, this flashback occurs in grainy, echoing cinema verité.
Tell-all
10
Nope: the flashback culminates in Salvador glimpsing the handyman's statuesque naked body.
BBC
11
Some experts testified that during the shooting, he suffered a flashback from combat.
Reuters
12
Facebook Twitter Pinterest The flashback animations … true to the original book's illustrations.
The Guardian
13
We flashback to see the action filtered through another parallel conspiracy.
The Irish Times
14
Smith has the odd flashback when he witnesses the brothers' success.
The Guardian
15
I was following behind him when I had a sudden flashback.
Hard eight
16
I thought a flashback to Elizabeth was missing in this episode.
The Guardian
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Translations for flashback
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analepse
Flashback through the time
Flashback across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Less common