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trance

electronic music with a hypnotic quality
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trance

(trăns)
n.
1. A hypnotic, cataleptic, or ecstatic state.
2. Detachment from one's physical surroundings, as in contemplation or daydreaming.
3. A semiconscious state, as between sleeping and waking; a daze.
4. A genre of electronic dance music with a fast tempo, repetitive phrasing, and often a hypnotic effect.
tr.v. tranced, tranc·ing, tranc·es
To put into a trance; entrance.
[Middle English traunce, from Old French transe, passage, fear, vision, from transir, to die, be numb with fear, from Latin trānsīre, to go over or across; see transient.]
trance′like′ adj.
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trance

(trɑːns)
n
1. (Physiology) a hypnotic state resembling sleep
2. 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
3. a dazed or stunned state
4. a state of ecstasy or mystic absorption so intense as to cause a temporary loss of consciousness at the earthly level
5. (Alternative Belief Systems) 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
6. (Music, other) a type of electronic dance music with repetitive rhythms, aiming at a hypnotic effect
vb
(tr) to put into or as into a trance
[C14: from Old French transe, from transir to faint, pass away, from Latin trānsīre to go over, from trans- + īre to go]
ˈtranceˌlike adj
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trance

(træns, trɑns)

n., v. tranced, tranc•ing. n.
1. a half-conscious state, seemingly between sleeping and waking, in which ability to function voluntarily may be suspended, esp. a state produced by hypnosis or religious ecstasy.
2. a dazed or bewildered condition.
3. a state of complete mental absorption or deep musing.
4. a type of electronic disco music derived from techno and other rave styles, characterized by sounds that have a hypnotic or spiritual quality.
v.t.
5. to entrance; enrapture.
[1300–50; Middle English traunce < Middle French transe literally, passage (from life to death), derivative of transir to go across < Latin trānsīre=trans- + īre to go]
trance′like`, adj.
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Trance

of lovers—Lipton, 1970.
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trance


Past participle: tranced
Gerund: trancing

Imperative
trance
trance
Present
I trance
you trance
he/she/it trances
we trance
you trance
they trance
Preterite
I tranced
you tranced
he/she/it tranced
we tranced
you tranced
they tranced
Present Continuous
I am trancing
you are trancing
he/she/it is trancing
we are trancing
you are trancing
they are trancing
Present Perfect
I have tranced
you have tranced
he/she/it has tranced
we have tranced
you have tranced
they have tranced
Past Continuous
I was trancing
you were trancing
he/she/it was trancing
we were trancing
you were trancing
they were trancing
Past Perfect
I had tranced
you had tranced
he/she/it had tranced
we had tranced
you had tranced
they had tranced
Future
I will trance
you will trance
he/she/it will trance
we will trance
you will trance
they will trance
Future Perfect
I will have tranced
you will have tranced
he/she/it will have tranced
we will have tranced
you will have tranced
they will have tranced
Future Continuous
I will be trancing
you will be trancing
he/she/it will be trancing
we will be trancing
you will be trancing
they will be trancing
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been trancing
you have been trancing
he/she/it has been trancing
we have been trancing
you have been trancing
they have been trancing
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been trancing
you will have been trancing
he/she/it will have been trancing
we will have been trancing
you will have been trancing
they will have been trancing
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been trancing
you had been trancing
he/she/it had been trancing
we had been trancing
you had been trancing
they had been trancing
Conditional
I would trance
you would trance
he/she/it would trance
we would trance
you would trance
they would trance
Past Conditional
I would have tranced
you would have tranced
he/she/it would have tranced
we would have tranced
you would have tranced
they would have tranced
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun 1. [画像:trance - a psychological state induced by (or as if induced by) a magical incantation]trance - a psychological state induced by (or as if induced by) a magical incantation
mental condition, mental state, psychological condition, psychological state - (psychology) a mental condition in which the qualities of a state are relatively constant even though the state itself may be dynamic; "a manic state"
possession - being controlled by passion or the supernatural
captivation, fascination - the state of being intensely interested (as by awe or terror)
2. [画像:trance - a state of mind in which consciousness is fragile and voluntary action is poor or missing]trance - a state of mind in which consciousness is fragile and voluntary action is poor or missing; a state resembling deep sleep
unconsciousness - a state lacking normal awareness of the self or environment
hypnotic trance - a trance induced by the use of hypnosis; the person accepts the suggestions of the hypnotist
ecstatic state, religious trance - a trance induced by intense religious devotion; does not show reduced bodily functions that are typical of other trances
Verb 1. [画像:trance - attract]trance - attract; cause to be enamored; "She captured all the men's hearts"
hold - hold the attention of; "The soprano held the audience"; "This story held our interest"; "She can hold an audience spellbound"
attract, appeal - be attractive to; "The idea of a vacation appeals to me"; "The beautiful garden attracted many people"
work - gratify and charm, usually in order to influence; "the political candidate worked the crowds"
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trance

noun daze, dream, spell, ecstasy, muse, abstraction, rapture, reverie, stupor, unconsciousness, hypnotic state Like a man in a trance, he made his way back to the rooms.
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trance

noun
1. The condition of being so lost in solitary thought as to be unaware of one's surroundings:
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Translations
غَيْبوبَه، غِشْيَه
trans
trance
transe trance
révület
leiîsla
transas
transs
tranz
kendinden geçmetrans

trance

[trɑːns] N → trance m
to go into a trance (lit, fig) → entrar en trance
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trance

[ˈtrɑːns ˈtræns] n → transe f
in a trance → en transe
to go into a trance → entrer en transe
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trance

n → Trance f; (Med) → tiefe Bewusstlosigkeit ; to go into a trance → in Trance verfallen ; to put somebody into a trance → jdn in Trance versetzen ; she’s been going about in a trance for the past few days → die letzten paar Tage ist sie wie in Trance or im Tran (inf) → durch die Gegend gelaufen
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trance

[trɑːns] n → trance f inv (Med) → catalessi f inv
to go into a trance → cadere in trance
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trance

(traːns) noun
a sleep-like or half-concious state. The hypnotist put her into a trance. beswyming غَيْبوبَه، غِشْيَه унесеност transe trans die Trance trance ύπνωση trance transs خلسه transsi transe טְרַנס भाव समाधि trans révület keadaan setengah sadar leiðsla trance 夢うつつ 최면상태 transas transs keadaan bersawai trance transe trans نیمه شعوری حالت transe transă транс polospánok; vytrženie, extáza, tranz trans trans trans การอยู่ในภวังค์ kendinden geçme, trans 精神恍惚 транс مدہوشي trạng thái hôn mê 精神恍惚
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trance

n. trance, condición semejante a un estado hipnótico que se caracteriza por la disminución de la actividad motora.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

trance

n trance m
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And all my days are trances, And all my nightly dreams Are where thy dark eye glances, And where thy footstep gleams -- In what ethereal dances, By what eternal streams.
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He was numb to emotions of any sort save the artistic ones concerned in the writing of "Overdue." So far as other affairs were concerned, he had been in a trance. For that matter, he was still in a trance.
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Lost to the world about us, we lay, with my blood flowing on her, united in our deathly trance.
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As to setting about it, the usual method is to throw some susceptible person into a trance, which serves as a sort of bridge or cord of communication, by which the force beyond can give him, as it were, an electric shock, and awaken his higher senses.
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more high, more high Or we shall be belated: For slow and slow that ship will go, When the Mariner's trance is abated.
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Next day he received from Alexey Alexandrovitch a final answer, refusing to grant Anna's divorce, and he understood that this decision was based on what the Frenchman had said in his real or pretended trance.
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Silas was evidently a brother selected for a peculiar discipline; and though the effort to interpret this discipline was discouraged by the absence, on his part, of any spiritual vision during his outward trance, yet it was believed by himself and others that its effect was seen in an accession of light and fervour.
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He fell into the habit, when starting on a long journey, of fixing his eye on a high and distant object, commanding his horses to begin, and then going into a sort of a trance of observation.
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There is passion, adoration, in his eyes, and he goes about in a sort of trance, gazing in ecstasy at the swelling sails, the foaming wake, and the heave and the run of her over the liquid mountains that are moving with us in stately procession.
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She was bitten by the vampire when she was in a trance, sleep-walking, oh, you start.
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