trance
/tɹæns/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.49 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A state of awareness, concentration, or focus that filters experience and information (for example, a state of meditation or possession by some being).
Countable
noun
A state of low response to stimulus and diminished, narrow attention; particularly one induced by hypnosis.
Countable
Example Sentences
- "And he became very hungry, and would have eaten; but while they made ready, he fell into a trance."
- "My soul was ravished quite as in 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 […]"
- "What is interesting for us here is that Chingkai and her familiars dreamed and tranced the Temiar world into being. […]"
- "Trance the world o'er."
Etymology
From Middle English traunce, from Anglo-Norman transe (“fear of coming evil; passage from life to death”), from transir (“to be numb with fear; to die, pass on”), from Latin trānseō (“to cross over”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /tɹæns/
- British English: /tɹɑːns/
Usage
Inflected Forms
Derived Forms
Phrases
consensus trance
dissociative trance disorder
dream trance
possession trance disorder
trance gate
trance-like
trance out