segue

UK: /ˈsɛɡweɪ/ US: /ˈseɪgweɪ, ˈsɛgweɪ/ ,(sā′gwā, seg′wā)

Inflections of 'segue' (v): (⇒ conjugate)

segues

v 3rd person singular

segueing

v pres p

segued

v past

segued

v past p

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

se•gue /ˈseɪgweɪ, ˈsɛgweɪ/   v., -gued, -gue•ing, n. 
v. [no object]

1. Music and Dance (used as a musical direction) to continue at once with the next musical section.
2. to make a smooth shift from one item to another:
   From a discussion of the election we segued into tax reform.

n. [countable]

3. Music and Dance an uninterrupted transition made between one musical section or composition and another.
4. an act of smoothly shifting or switching from one topic to another.

See -seq-.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

se•gue  (sā′gwā, seg′wā), v., -gued, -gue•ing, n. 
v.i. 

1. Music and Dance to continue at once with the next musical section or composition (often used as a musical direction).
2. Music and Dance to perform in the manner of the preceding section (used as a musical direction).
3. to make a transition from one thing to another smoothly and without interruption:
   The conversation segued from travel anecdotes to food.

n. 

4. Music and Dance an uninterrupted transition made between one musical section or composition and another.
5. any smooth, uninterrupted transition from one thing to another.

• Italian: (there) follows, 3rd pers. singular present ind. of seguire Latin sequī to follow. See sue
• 1850–55

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

segue / ˈsɛɡweɪ/ verb (segues, segueing, segued)(intransitive)

1. (often followed by into) to proceed from one section or piece of music to another without a break
2. to effect a transition

noun

1. the practice or an instance of playing music in this way
2. any transition from one subject to another

Etymology: from Italian: follows, from seguire to follow, from Latin sequī