Segue
WordNet
noun
(1) The act of changing smoothly from one state or situation to another
verb
(2) Proceed without interruption; in music or talk
"He segued into another discourse"
WiktionaryText
Etymology
From seguire, "to follow", from Latin sequi; originally a musical term.
Verb
- To move smoothly from one state or subject to another.
- I can tell she's going to segue from our conversation about school to the topic of marriage.
- To make a smooth transition from one theme to another.
- Beethoven's symphonies effortlessly segue from one theme to the next.
- To play a sequence of records with no talk between them.