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trance
1[ trans, trahns ]
noun
- a half-conscious state, seemingly between sleeping and waking, in which ability to function voluntarily may be suspended.
- a dazed or bewildered condition.
- a state of complete mental absorption or deep musing.
- an unconscious, cataleptic, or hypnotic condition.
- Spiritualism. a temporary state in which a medium, with suspension of personal consciousness, is controlled by an intelligence from without and used as a means of communication, as from the dead.
trance
2[ trahns ]
noun
- a passageway, as a hallway, alley, or the like.
verb (used without object)
- to move or walk rapidly or briskly.
trance
/ trɑːns /
noun
- a hypnotic state resembling sleep
- any mental state in which a person is unaware or apparently unaware of the environment, characterized by loss of voluntary movement, rigidity, and lack of sensitivity to external stimuli
- a dazed or stunned state
- a state of ecstasy or mystic absorption so intense as to cause a temporary loss of consciousness at the earthly level
- spiritualism a state in which a medium, having temporarily lost consciousness, can supposedly be controlled by an intelligence from without as a means of communication with the dead
- a type of electronic dance music with repetitive rhythms, aiming at a hypnotic effect
verb
- tr to put into or as into a trance
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Derived Forms
- ˈtranceˌlike, adjective
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Other Words From
- tranced·ly [transt, -lee, tran, -sid-lee], adverb
- trancelike adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of trance1
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Example Sentences
"I was in a trance and I couldn't see anything else," LaRose said at her sentencing.
The simultaneously upbeat and sentimental ode to friendship is equal parts funk, trance, pop, and R&B.
Ed described himself as a demonologist, while Lorraine, who is 87, calls herself a trance medium.
Twenty people surround Grace, all of them intently studying her trance state.
If successful, the three-day waking trance will eliminate her chemical dependence on heroin.
Ripperda roused himself from his portentous trance, and arrayed his noble figure in the rugged habiliments of the muleteer.
As in a trance he crosses the room, seizes charcoal, and feverishly works at the blank canvas on the easel.
As in a trance he crosses the cell, seizes a piece of charcoal, and feverishly works at the picture on the easel!
Joan stared at him; she was still dazed and bewildered, and still imagined herself with the companion of her trance.
It was just like a bird, and when she sang the Southern melodies she seemed to be in a trance, seeing things we could not see.
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