SEGUE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does segue mean? 

• SEGUE (noun)
  The noun SEGUE has 1 sense:

1. the act of changing smoothly from one state or situation to another

  Familiarity information: SEGUE used as a noun is very rare.

• SEGUE (verb)
  The verb SEGUE has 1 sense:

1. proceed without interruption; in music or talk

  Familiarity information: SEGUE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SEGUE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of changing smoothly from one state or situation to another

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("segue" is a kind of...):

passage; transition (the act of passing from one state or place to the next)

• SEGUE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they segue    ... he / she / it segues   
Past simple: segued   
Past participle: segued   
-ing form: seguing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Proceed without interruption; in music or talk

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Context example:

He segued into another discourse

Hypernyms (to "segue" is one way to...):

carry on; continue; go on; proceed (continue talking)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP