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SEGUE
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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)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they segue ... he / she / it segues
Past simple: segued
-ing form: seguing
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