TRANCE


Meaning of TRANCE in English

[ trα:ns ]

■ noun

1》 a half-conscious state characterized by an absence of response to external stimuli, typically as induced by hypnosis or entered by a medium.

2》 a state of abstraction.

3》 (also ~ music ) a type of electronic dance music characterized by hypnotic rhythms.

■ verb literary put into a ~.

Derivatives

~-like adjective

Origin

ME: from OFr. transir 'depart, fall into a ~', from L. transire 'go across'.

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