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Definition of Segue
1. Noun. The act of changing smoothly from one state or situation to another.
2. Verb. Proceed without interruption; in music or talk. "He segued into another discourse"
Definition of Segue
1. Verb. To move smoothly from one state or subject to another. ¹
2. Verb. (music) To make a smooth transition from one theme to another. ¹
3. Verb. (context: of a disk jockey) To play a sequence of records with no talk between them. ¹
4. Noun. An instance of segueing, a transition. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Segue
1. to proceed without pause from one musical theme to another [v -GUED, -GUEING, -GUES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Segue
Literary usage of Segue
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Last Days of Knickerbocker Life in New York by Abram Child Dayton (1896)
"... Lewis Rogers its proprietor—Edmund Jones—Dandy Marx—William Harrington leader
of the Bowery Boys—Sam segue the artistic horse dealer—" Mr.", ..."
2. Last Days of Knickerbocker Life in New York by Abram Child Dayton (1897)
"... Lewis Rogers its proprietor—Edmund Jones—Dandy Marx—William Harrington leader
of the Bowery Boys—Sam segue the artistic horse dealer—" Mr.", ..."
3. Last Days of Knickerbocker Life in New York by Abram Child Dayton (1897)
"... Lewis Rogers its proprietor—Edmund Jones—Dandy Marx—William Harrington leader
of the Bowery Boys—Sam segue the artistic horse dealer—" Mr.", ..."
4. Elson's Music Dictionary: Containing the Definition and Pronunciation of by Louis Charles Elson (1905)
"A sign, $):: al segno, return to the sign ; from the sign. segue (It.) ...
The chorus chorus. follows; go on to the segue la finale (It.) ..."
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