Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗verb
To move smoothly from one state or subject to another. · To make a smooth transition from one theme to another. · To play a sequence of records with no talk between them.
noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryAn instance of segueing, a transition.
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.
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