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SEGUE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (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)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Proceed without interruption; in music or talk

Example:

He segued into another discourse

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

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

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

Sentence frames:

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

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