segue.
To move smoothly from one state or subject to another.
Meaning & usage
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.
To make a smooth transition from one theme to another.
Beethoven’s symphonies effortlessly segue from one theme to the next.
To play a sequence of records with no talk between them.
Where this word comes from
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.
An instance of segueing, a transition.
Where this word comes from
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.
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