segue

[ˈsɛɡweɪ]

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A segue is a smooth transition between two things, like music or ideas.

You know how sometimes you're listening to an album and one song just flows into the next without any loud noises or awkward pauses? That's what a segue sounds like - it's a connection that makes things seem less jarring. People also use the word when talking about presentations or speeches: "The speaker had a nice segue from discussing taxes to talking about the economy." It means they smoothly moved their ideas along, making it easy for the audience to follow.

How common is "segue"?

Word segue is considered rare in modern English.
It has a balanced usage among all categories: speech, fiction, newspapers and academic texts.

Definitions

noun

An instance of segueing, a transition.

verb

To move smoothly from one state or subject to another.
Example: 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.
Example: Beethoven’s symphonies effortlessly segue from one theme to the next.
(of a disk jockey) To play a sequence of records with no talk between them.

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