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1 : to proceed without pause from one musical number or theme to another. 2 : to make a transition without interruption from one activity, topic, scene, or part to another segued smoothly into the next story.

In music, segue is a direction to the performer. It means continue (the next section) without a pause. The term attacca is used synonymously. For written music it implies a transition from one section to the next without any break.

She quickly segued to the next topic. The band smoothly segued from one song to the next. In the movie, a shot of the outside of the house segued neatly to/into a shot of the family inside the house.

Examples from Collins dictionaries

The piece segues into his solo with the strings. New year sales will segue into closing down sales. She segued from school plays to silver screen with terrifying alacrity. The trend gives her a segue into rock chick.

Definition of 'segue'

If something such as a piece of music or conversation segues into another piece of music or conversation, it changes into it or is followed by it without a break.