Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb Music To make a transition directly from one section or theme to another.
- intransitive verb To move smoothly and unhesitatingly from one state, condition, situation, or element to another.
- noun An act or instance of segueing.
from The Century Dictionary.
- In music, same as
attacca .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To move
smoothly from one state or subject to another. - verb music To make a smooth
transition from one theme to another. - verb of a disk jockey To play a
sequence ofrecords with notalk between them. - noun An instance of
segueing , atransition .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb proceed without interruption; in music or talk
- noun the act of changing smoothly from one state or situation to another
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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Last night we watched Star Trek: Nemesis (look, just because the segue is invisible doesn't mean it's not there, all right?), and the thing that just baffled me was that the guy they had playing the younger clone of Jean-Luc Picard sounded nothing like Patrick Stewart.
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So I just wanted to make sure: did the canned musical accompaniment to the fireworks really segue from the usual unmitigated country-pop crap to a somewhat clumsy edit of Pavarotti singing "Nessun dorma," and then to the finale of Mahler 1?
Proof through the night Matthew Guerrieri 2008
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It was a bit of a segue from the biblical relics and arcane artifacts of what made it great before.
If I had written...Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull wendigomountain 2008
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So I just wanted to make sure: did the canned musical accompaniment to the fireworks really segue from the usual unmitigated country-pop crap to a somewhat clumsy edit of Pavarotti singing "Nessun dorma," and then to the finale of Mahler 1?
Archive 2008-07-01 Matthew Guerrieri 2008
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Nick Cave - Cannibal's Hymn (which follows a near-perfect segue from the previous song, to make up for the awkwardness of the Decemberists song)
Dru Blood - I believe in the inherent goodness of all beings: December 2005 Archives 2005
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Nick Cave - Cannibal's Hymn (which follows a near-perfect segue from the previous song, to make up for the awkwardness of the Decemberists song)
Dru Blood - I believe in the inherent goodness of all beings: The Perfect Winter Mix. 2005
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The other thing is I like to give the audience a sort of vestibule to the film where they can segue from the outside world and getting popcorn and getting to the seats and stuff to getting into the film.
Current Movie Reviews, Independent Movies - Film Threat 2003
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Though the first several scenes are very heavy in this style, the film transitions into a full cinematic story, though the segue is done in an incredibly non-jarring way, maintaining that sense of realism throughout the film’s near two hour run-time.
[REVIEW] District 9 « Giant Killer Squid - Film, Comics, News, Reviews and more 2009
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Let me guess...the segue was the Moses parting the red sea cake, right?
What About Spongebob? Jen 2009
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A segue is a smooth transition from one song to another, like side two of Abbey Road A medley is a jumbled assortment, like Jive Bunny or Stars on 45.
Crawling From The Wreckage Gordie 2008
skipvia commented on the word segue
See segway for a related discussion.
March 12, 2008
kostya commented on the word segue
a non-sensible leap of logic regarding yardsticks and logs in the fireplace.
February 12, 2009
660774855 commented on the word segue
עבר ברצף ובאופן חלק (מקטע מוזיקלי אחד לשני, משלב לשלב, מנושא לנושא וכדומה)
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