segue
To move smoothly from one state or subject to anotherTo move smoothly from one state or subject to another.
» The minister, embarrassed by the finding, made a segue and changed the subject.
Meaning
3 sensesTo 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.
überleiten, wechseln, überleiten
пла́вно переходи́тьplávno perexodítʹ, продолжа́ть та́к жеprodolžátʹ ták že
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.
- proceed without interruption; in music or talk
Examples
4 sentencesThe minister, embarrassed by the finding, made a segue and changed the subject.
It's "segue", not "segway".
That's a perfect segue to the topic that I would like to cover in this meeting.
The wistful and yearning "Franz Schubert" segues into the valedictory "Endless Endless", the closing track on Kraftwerk's Trans-Europe Express album.
deDas wehmütige und sehnsuchtsvolle „Franz Schubert“ geht über in das abschiednehmende „Endlos, Endlos“, das Schlußstück auf dem Kraftwerk-Album „Trans-Europa-Expreß“.
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed from Italian segue (“it follows”), from seguire (“to follow”), from Latin sequor;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.
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Forms
segues, segueing, segued, seguedSynonyms
1 synonymsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle