segue (redirected from segued)

se·gue  (sgw, sgw)

intr.v. se·gued, se·gue·ing, se·gues

1. Music To make a transition directly from one section or theme to another.

2. To move smoothly and unhesitatingly from one state, condition, situation, or element to another: "Daylight segued into dusk" (Susan Dworski).

n.

An act or instance of segueing.

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[From Italian, there follows, third-person sing. present tense of seguire, to follow, from Vulgar Latin *sequere, from Latin sequ; see sek^w-¹ in Indo-European roots.]

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segue [ˈsɛgweɪ]

vb segues, segueing, segued (intr)

1. (Music, other) (often foll by into) to proceed from one section or piece of music to another without a break

2. (Music, other) (imperative) play on without pause: a musical direction

n

(Music, other) the practice or an instance of playing music in this way

[from Italian: follows, from seguire to follow, from Latin sequī]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	segue - the act of changing smoothly from one state or situation to another passage, transition - the act of passing from one state or place to the next
Verb	1.	segue - proceed without interruption; in music or talk; "He segued into another discourse" proceed, continue, carry on, go on - continue talking; "I know it's hard," he continued, "but there is no choice"; "carry on--pretend we are not in the room"

Translations

segue (Mus, fig)

vi to segue from/into → übergehen or überleiten von/in (+acc)

n → Übergang m