trance /trɑːns $ træns/ BrE AmE noun
[ Date: 1300-1400 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: transe , from transir 'to pass away, become unconscious' , from Latin transire ; ⇨ ↑ transient 1 ]
1 . [countable] a state in which you behave as if you were asleep but are still able to hear and understand what is said to you
go/fall into a trance
She went into a deep hypnotic trance.
2 . [countable] a state in which you are thinking about something so much that you do not notice what is happening around you
in a trance
What’s the matter with you? You’ve been in a trance all day.
3 . [uncountable] a type of popular electronic dance music with a fast beat and long continuous notes played on a ↑ synthesizer