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segue

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
6
Words With Friends
8
Letters
5
Pronunciation
/ˈsɛɡweɪ/

Definition of segue

4 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. 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."”
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verb

  1. 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."”
  2. To make a smooth transition from one theme to another.
    “Beethoven’s symphonies effortlessly segue from one theme to the next.”
  3. To play a sequence of records with no talk between them.

noun

  1. An instance of segueing, a transition.

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

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.

Anagrams of segue

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Words you can make from segue

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