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Meanings of trance in English

Russian
транс
Portuguese
transe
Spanish
trance
Catalan
estat de trànsit
Wikidata

Abnormal state of wakefulness or altered state of consciousness.

          Related terms
          транс
          Russian
          транс
          Portuguese
          trance metal
          Spanish
          bloody mary
          Catalan
          trance psicodelic
          Wikidata

          Genre of electronic dance music.

                Related terms
                транс
                Portuguese
                hipnose
                Catalan
                encanteri
                Spanish
                hechizo

                A psychological state induced by (or as if induced by) a magical incantation.

                      hipnose
                      Portuguese
                      encantar
                      Catalan
                      encantar

                      To attract, arouse and hold attention and interest, as by charm or beauty.

                          encantar
                          Usage of trance in English
                          1
                          Until midnight the lawyer held all in the town in a trance.
                          In and out of Three Normandy Inns
                          2
                          Deep trance-like sleep and lethargy were the first signs of the problem.
                          Ebony
                          3
                          Seeing the direction of my gaze, Mandor remarked, Very light trance state.
                          The Great Book of Amber
                          4
                          The doctor in the meanwhile sat in a sort of delightful trance.
                          The Crime of the French Café and Other Stories
                          5
                          The Cornal stood listening to the story as one in a trance.
                          Gilian The Dreamer: His Fancy, His Love and Adventure
                          6
                          But the distraction caused her trance-spell to fail; her hissing snakes quieted.
                          Samurai
                          7
                          And she walked out of the room as one in a trance.
                          The Complete Project Gutenberg Writings of Charles Dudley Warner
                          8
                          But most recently his childhood love of trance has been his focus.
                          The Guardian
                          9
                          Unconsciousness overtook him, and in his sleep or trance the voice came:
                          Old Indian Days
                          10
                          A moment later, Ethel Meyers showed the characteristic signs of onsetting trance.
                          Ghosts
                          11
                          But memory broke in upon the trance and scattered all his pleasure.
                          The Case of Richard Meynell
                          12
                          My father induces the trance, and it is entirely in his hands.
                          The Tyranny of the Dark
                          13
                          Just dropped off into a trance in the corner of my carriage.
                          Crome Yellow
                          14
                          Like one in a trance, I obeyed him, and went in alone.
                          Richard Vandermarck: A Novel
                          15
                          She seemed to be moving in a trance, no longer fully alive.
                          White Hunter, Black Heart
                          16
                          She had remained in this trance for perhaps forty-eight hours, perhaps sixty.
                          Misery