segue

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Often there will be a few words or even a sentance or two that was originally used as a segue -- they can usually be deleted or modified to form a pointer from one post to the other [try to use a page link for this, they introduce weaker coupling].

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  1. intransitive verb Music To make a transition directly from one section or theme to another.
  2. intransitive verb To move smoothly and unhesitatingly from one state, condition, situation, or element to another: "Daylight segued into dusk” (Susan Dworski).
  3. noun An act or instance of segueing.

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  • In an unrelated development for which we simply cannot be bothered to contrive a segue, the Scottish Football Association has announced that Scotland players will be issued with a code of conduct after the drinking session that led to Barry Ferguson and Allan McGregor spending most of last night's match against Iceland easing two V-shaped fingers up and down their phizogs. —  Football news, match reports and fixtures | guardian.co.uk
  • In a nice local segue, the picture to your right is taken at a —  the wellingtonista - a blog about wellington, new zealand
  • Often there will be a few words or even a sentance or two that was originally used as a segue -- they can usually be deleted or modified to form a pointer from one post to the other [try to use a page link for this, they introduce weaker coupling]. —  TWiki.Codev
  • E.L., that segue was another motivation. —  WFMU's recent playlists
  • The SISD team fought back with "segue." —  The Gazette-Enterprise: News
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  1. From Italian, there follows, third-person sing. present tense of seguire, to follow, from Vulgar Latin *sequere, from Latin sequī; see sekw-1 in Indo-European roots.

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  1. Italian, it follows, 3d person singular present indicative of seguire, follow, from Latin sequi, follow: see sequent, sue.
 

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/ˈseɪgwɛ/
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