segue

UK /ˈsɛɡweɪ/ US /ˈsɛɡweɪ/

verb 3noun 1

Definitions

verb

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."

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.

noun

An instance of segueing, a transition.

Collocations

ADJ.

perfect

VERB + SEGUE

finding, going, made

SEGUE + NOUN

conversation, segway, topic

PREP.

from

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Example Bank

I can tell she’s going to segue from our conversation about school to the topic of marriage.

Wiktionary

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."

Wiktionary

I don't even know how you would start to do the cleanup work even though it's very much necessary. So then that also leads me to be like, are there people that we could talk to within the movement tha

Wiktionary

It's "segue", not "segway".

Tatoeba · #5397250

The minister, embarrassed by the finding, made a segue and changed the subject.

Tatoeba · #9353282

That's a perfect segue to the topic that I would like to cover in this meeting.

Tatoeba · #10619630

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