Definitions
the act of changing smoothly from one state or situation to another
Word origin
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.
Used in a sentence
“I can tell she’s going to segue from our conversation about school to the topic of marriage.”
“Then, in a staggering display of empathy for the deceased lacking, this friend segues to the narcissist nub of the matter: "Omg wat if yu get arrested b4 yur bdai."”
“Beethoven’s symphonies effortlessly segue from one theme to the next.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Smooth shift”5 letters
02“Smooth transition”5 letters
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