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segue

verb
/ˈsɛɡweɪ/

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian segue (“it follows”), from seguire (“to follow”), from Latin sequor; originally a term used in a musical score to indicate that the next movement or passage is to follow without a break. Cognate with Spanish seguir. Doublet of sue. Related to suit and sequence.

  1. derived from sequor
  2. borrowed from segue

Definitions

  1. To move smoothly from one state or subject to another.

    • I can tell she’s going to segue from our conversation about school to the topic of marriage.
    • Then, in a staggering display of empathy for the deceased lacking, this friend segues to the narcissist nub of the matter: "Omg wat if yu get arrested b4 yur bdai."

  2. To make a smooth transition from one theme to another.

    • Beethoven’s symphonies effortlessly segue from one theme to the next.

  3. To play a sequence of records with no talk between them.

  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. An instance of segueing, a transition.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA