Segue Definition

sĕgwā, sāgwā
segued, segueing, segues
verb
To continue without break (to or into the next part)
Webster's New World
To make a transition directly from one section or theme to another.
American Heritage
To move smoothly and unhesitatingly from one state, condition, situation, or element to another.
American Heritage

(of a disk jockey) To play a sequence of records with no talk between them.

Wiktionary
noun
An immediate transition from one part to another, as in music.
Webster's New World
An act or instance of segueing.
American Heritage

Other Word Forms of Segue

Noun

Singular:
segue
Plural:
segues

Origin of Segue

  • From Italian there follows third-person sing. present tense of seguire to follow from Vulgar Latin sequere from Latin sequī sekw-1 in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Italian seguire (“to follow") from Latin sequor; originally a musical term.

    From Wiktionary

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