Segue
/ˈsɛɡweɪ/ noun, verb
noun, verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 An instance of segueing, a transition.
- 2 the act of changing smoothly from one state or situation to another wordnet
Verb
- 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."
- 2 proceed without interruption; in music or talk wordnet
- 3 To make a smooth transition from one theme to another.
"Beethoven’s symphonies effortlessly segue from one theme to the next."
- 4 To play a sequence of records with no talk between them.
Example
More examples"The minister, embarrassed by the finding, made a segue and changed the subject."
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.