trance

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA ^(key): /trɑːns/
• (US) IPA ^(key): /træns/

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Noun

Singular trance

Plural trances

1. (countable) A trance is a mental state in which a person is only half-conscious. It has been called "an altered state of consciousness". The person seems unaware of what is around them, as if 'lost in thought'.

   He seemed to be in a trance, as if someone had hypnotized him.