segue

Segue is defined as to transition from one thing to another without a break.

(verb)

An example of to segue is to move from playing one song into another.

See segue in Webster's New World College Dictionary

intransitive verb segued, segueing

to continue without break (to or into the next part)

Origin: It, 3d pers. sing., pres. indic., of seguire, to follow < VL sequere, for L sequi: see sequent

noun

an immediate transition from one part to another, as in music

See segue in American Heritage Dictionary 4

intransitive verb se·gued, se·gue·ing, se·gues

Music To make a transition directly from one section or theme to another.
To move smoothly and unhesitatingly from one state, condition, situation, or element to another: “Daylight segued into dusk” (Susan Dworski).

noun

An act or instance of segueing.

Origin:

Origin: From Italian, there follows

Origin: , third-person sing. present tense of seguire, to follow

Origin: , from Vulgar Latin *sequere

Origin: , from Latin sequī; see sek^w-¹ in Indo-European roots

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