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# trance

noun (a trance, trances)

«trance» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A state like being half asleep or dreaming, when you are awake but do not notice what is around you. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trance/#m1)
2. A state when someone is deeply lost in thought, music or wonder and does not hear you. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trance/#m2)
3. (also trance music) A kind of fast electronic dance music. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trance/#m3)

### In the lessons

In The Wind in the Willows («The Piper at the Gates of Dawn») the Rat and the Mole hear wonderful piping and fall into a kind of trance of awe before the god Pan; then they forget it. In stories hypnotists and magicians put people «into a trance». In everyday life we say «He's in a trance» about someone daydreaming. Phrases: «in a trance», «fall into a trance».

### Examples

- She stared at the fire as if in a trance. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trance/#x1)
- The music put the animals into a kind of trance. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trance/#x2)
- «Wake up! You're in a trance!» laughed my friend. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trance/#x3)
- The hypnotist claimed he could put people in a trance. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trance/#x4)
- The Rat walked on in a trance, listening to the distant piping. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trance/#x5)
- My brother watches cartoons like he's in a trance. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trance/#x6)
- Around it he saw several knights sitting in a trance; then he pulled off their rings and put them on his own fingers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trance/#x7)

### Note

Countable. Related: entrance (verb «en-TRANCE» = to fill with wonder) is spelled like «entrance» (a way in) but said differently.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «trance» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trance/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«trance» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/trance.html) on Mova free.