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Definition trance in British English

trance noun

noun
/trɑːns/
1

a state caused by hypnosis in which someone can move and speak but is not conscious in a normal way

Example

Her psychiatrist put her into a deep hypnotic trance.

Synonyms and related words
hypnosis hypnotherapy hypnotic
1.1

a state in which you are awake but not really conscious of where you are because you are thinking about something else

Example

He came out of his trance and greeted me.

Synonyms and related words
asleep unconscious comatose
2

a type of dance music with fast regular beats and electronic sounds that developed from techno in the early 1990s

Synonyms and related words
acid house acid jazz ambient
Definition trance in British English