segue

🇺🇸 /ˈseɡweɪ/ 🇬🇧 /ˈseɡweɪ/
Frequency
Difficulty
Tags TOP20000
verb
R

to go from one topic, song, or place to another smoothly

After the national anthem, the band segued into a popular song.

noun
R

a smooth transition from one topic, song, or place to another

The speaker used a joke as a segue to the serious topic.

translation

v. to go from one topic, song, or place to another smoothly
n. a smooth transition from one topic, song, or place to another

Word Forms

Past segued
Progressive segueing
3rd Present segues
Perfect segued
Plural segues