segue

== English == === 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. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈsɛɡweɪ/ Rhymes: -ɛɡweɪ Homophone: Segway === Verb === segue (third-person singular simple present segues, present participle segueing, simple past and past participle segued) To move smoothly from one state or subject to another. Synonym: transition (music) To make a smooth transition from one theme to another. (of a disc jockey) To play a sequence of records with no talk between them. ==== Usage notes ==== In sense “move from one subject to another”, contrast with non sequitur (“abrupt transition”), which is etymologically opposite (“follow” vs. “does not follow”). However, segue has connotations of moving between distinct subjects, and thus to segue often means to change rather abruptly, with at best a pretense of smooth transition. ==== Translations ==== === Noun === segue (plural segues) An instance of segueing, a transition. ==== Alternative forms ==== segué ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === == Galician == === Verb === segue inflection of segar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative third-person singular present indicative of seguir (reintegrationist norm) inflection of seguir: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative == Italian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈse.ɡwe/, /ˈsɛ.ɡwe/ Rhymes: -eɡwe, -ɛɡwe Hyphenation: sé‧gue, sè‧gue === Verb === segue third-person singular present indicative of seguire === References === == Portuguese == === Pronunciation === Homophone: cegue Hyphenation: se‧gue === Verb === segue inflection of seguir: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative inflection of segar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative