trance

C2 Topic:Abstract Ideas

US /tɹæns/ UK /tɹɑːns/ See IPA manual

Freq #10552

Meanings

1

noun
A state of awareness, concentration, or focus that filters experience and information (for example, a state of meditation or possession by some being).

And he became very hungry, and would have eaten; but while they made ready, he fell into a trance.
2

verb
To (cause to) be in a trance; to entrance.

And there I left him tranced.
3

verb
To create in or via a trance.

The Horned Toad (kɛŋkak) tranced the rivers into being. A bakɔh bird tranced the mountains. The Scrub Bulbul (ˀɛsˀããs) drilled fire into existence with its beak. And, finally, the Bronzed Black Drongo (tɛrhɛɛh) tranced the year […].
4

verb
To pass across or over; to traverse.

Trance the world o'er.

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Synonyms

4 verb · to pass across or over; to... trounce

Word family

Derived forms trance-liketrancester

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Phrases (1)

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hypnotic trance
a trance brought about through hypnosis

Adjective + noun

Simplified etymology

Trance entered English in the Middle English period and ultimately comes from Latin transire, meaning “to go across,” the same source as transit and transient.

Etymology

The verb is derived from Middle English traunce, trauncen, trancen (“to move about (?); to prance (?); to trample the ground”) (whence modern English trounce with the same senses, which see for more). The noun is probably derived from the verb.

Topics

Abstract Ideas

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# trance

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2
**Part of speech:** noun, verb
**IPA (US):** /tɹæns/
**IPA (UK):** /tɹɑːns/
**Frequency rank:** 10552

## Meanings
1. A state of awareness, concentration, or focus that filters experience and information (for example, a state of meditation or possession by some being).
2. To (cause to) be in a trance; to entrance.
3. To create in or via a trance.
4. To pass across or over; to traverse.

## Examples
- And he became very hungry, and would have eaten; but while they made ready, he fell into a trance.
- And there I left him tranced.
- The Horned Toad (kɛŋkak) tranced the rivers into being. A bakɔh bird tranced the mountains. The Scrub Bulbul (ˀɛsˀããs) drilled fire into existence with its beak. And, finally, the Bronzed Black Drongo (tɛrhɛɛh) tranced the year […].
- Trance the world o'er.

## Derived Forms
- trance-like
- trancester

## Etymology
The verb is derived from Middle English traunce, trauncen, trancen (“to move about (?); to prance (?); to trample the ground”) (whence modern English trounce with the same senses, which see for more). The noun is probably derived from the verb.

## Topics
- Abstract Ideas

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