Meaning of "trance" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD TRANCE

From Old French transe, from transir to faint, pass away, from Latin trānsīre to go over, from trans- + īre to go.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF TRANCE

trance  [trɑːns]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TRANCE

Trance is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb trance in English.

WHAT DOES TRANCE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Trance

Trance denotes any state of awareness or consciousness other than normal waking consciousness. Trance states may occur involuntarily and unbidden. The term trance may be associated with hypnosis, meditation, magic, flow, and prayer. It may also be related to the earlier generic term, altered states of consciousness, which is no longer used in "consciousness studies" discourse.

Definition of trance in the English dictionary

The first definition of trance in the dictionary is a hypnotic state resembling sleep. Other definition of trance is any mental state in which a person is unaware or apparently unaware of the environment, characterized by loss of voluntary movement, rigidity, and lack of sensitivity to external stimuli. Trance is also a dazed or stunned state.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO TRANCE

PRESENT

Present

I trance

you trance

he/she/it trances

we trance

you trance

they trance

Present continuous

I am trancing

you are trancing

he/she/it is trancing

we are trancing

you are trancing

they are trancing

Present perfect

I have tranced

you have tranced

he/she/it has tranced

we have tranced

you have tranced

they have tranced

Present perfect continuous

I have been trancing

you have been trancing

he/she/it has been trancing

we have been trancing

you have been trancing

they have been trancing

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I tranced

you tranced

he/she/it tranced

we tranced

you tranced

they tranced

Past continuous

I was trancing

you were trancing

he/she/it was trancing

we were trancing

you were trancing

they were trancing

Past perfect

I had tranced

you had tranced

he/she/it had tranced

we had tranced

you had tranced

they had tranced

Past perfect continuous

I had been trancing

you had been trancing

he/she/it had been trancing

we had been trancing

you had been trancing

they had been trancing

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will trance

you will trance

he/she/it will trance

we will trance

you will trance

they will trance

Future continuous

I will be trancing

you will be trancing

he/she/it will be trancing

we will be trancing

you will be trancing

they will be trancing

Future perfect

I will have tranced

you will have tranced

he/she/it will have tranced

we will have tranced

you will have tranced

they will have tranced

Future perfect continuous

I will have been trancing

you will have been trancing

he/she/it will have been trancing

we will have been trancing

you will have been trancing

they will have been trancing

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would trance

you would trance

he/she/it would trance

we would trance

you would trance

they would trance

Conditional continuous

I would be trancing

you would be trancing

he/she/it would be trancing

we would be trancing

you would be trancing

they would be trancing

Conditional perfect

I would have trance

you would have trance

he/she/it would have trance

we would have trance

you would have trance

they would have trance

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been trancing

you would have been trancing

he/she/it would have been trancing

we would have been trancing

you would have been trancing

they would have been trancing

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you trance
we let´s trance
you trance

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to trance

Past participle

tranced

Present Participle

trancing

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «TRANCE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «trance» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of trance

abstraction · daze · dream · ecstasy · muse · rapture · reverie · spell · stupor · unconsciousness

TRANSLATION OF TRANCE

Find out the translation of trance to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of trance from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «trance» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 催眠状态
• Translator English - Spanish: trance
• English: trance
• Translator English - Hindi: ट्रांस
• Translator English - Arabic: نشوة
• Translator English - Russian: транс
• Translator English - Portuguese: estupor
• Translator English - Bengali: সমাধি
• Translator English - French: transe
• Translator English - Malay: Berkhayal
• Translator English - German: Trance
• Translator English - Japanese: 恍惚
• Translator English - Korean: 최면
• Translator English - Javanese: Trance
• Translator English - Vietnamese: trance
• Translator English - Tamil: டிரான்ஸ்
• Translator English - Marathi: ट्रान्स
• Translator English - Turkish: trans
• Translator English - Italian: trance
• Translator English - Polish: trance
• Translator English - Ukrainian: транс
• Translator English - Romanian: trance
• Translator English - Greek: trance
• Translator English - Afrikaans: beswyming
• Translator English - Swedish: trance
• Translator English - Norwegian: trance

10 QUOTES WITH «TRANCE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word trance.

1

Steve Aoki

It's a really diverse time in music, with all these different DJs and all these different categories, and we are all taking footnotes from everyone else. There are no real genre boundaries anymore; you can take a trance idea and put it into a trap record - it's not that uncommon.

2

Dan Aykroyd

Am I a trance medium? No. Have I got a gift psychically? Absolutely not. But I believe in the survival of consciousness after death.

3

Nicholson Baker

I hadn't played any music since freshman year of college, more than thirty years ago, so I had to relearn everything. I started writing songs. Some were dance and trance songs (I listen to them a lot while I'm writing), and some were love songs, because that after all is what music is about - dancing and trancing and love and love's setbacks.

4

Desmond Dekker

One day, I went to buy something for my dad at the shops, and I heard a song by Nat King Cole called 'Stardust Melody.' It was like I went into a trance or something. I forgot all about my dad sending me to the shop. When I got home, I explained to him what happened. I thought I was going to get a whipping, but he understood.

5

Sophie Ellis-Bextor

I must confess I knew very little about the trance scene, I'm more house and commercial dance but it was really interesting and different.

6

John Fahey

When I play, I very quickly put myself into a light hypnotic trance and compose while playing, drawing directly from the emotions.

7

Chet Faker

I love that way dance music can put you in a trance.

8

Ryan Guzman

Physically? If you've got really beautiful eyes, you have me in a trance right from the beginning. As far as personality, I'm attracted to really shy girls. Someone who knows who they are and is very genuine. That is just so sexy to me.

9

Byron Katie

I used to sleep on the floor next to the bed, because I believed that I didn't even deserve a bed to sleep in. And then, one morning, a cockroach crawled onto my leg. I looked at it, and suddenly I awoke from a kind of hypnotic trance in which I had been all my life.

10

Harmony Korine

Sometimes, when you watch people play a video game, they seem lost in this wormhole, or in a trance.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TRANCE»

Discover the use of trance in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to trance and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Trance

Ashlyn Greenfield has always known when bad things are going to happen. Each time that familiar tingling at the back of her neck begins, she knows whatÕs to comeÑa trance.

Linda Gerber, 2010

Trance-Portation: Learning to Navigate the Inner World

Trance-Portation offers a comprehensive and multi-spirited way to enter the inner realm.

Diana L. Paxson, 2008

Shamanic Trance in Modern Kabbalah

Bringing to light a hidden chapter in the history of modern Judaism, Shamanic Trance in Modern Kabbalah explores the shamanic dimensions of Jewish mysticism.

Jonathan Garb, 2011

Trance

This is a thriller set in a US presidential election campaign.

Stanley Morgan, 2006

Trance Forms

This study investigates forms of theatre/performance practice and training that can be seen to employ 'trance' states or engage the concept of 'states of consciousness' as performative practice.

Ronaldo Morelos, 2009

Trance

The first in a new series by Kelly Meding, about an X-Men-like group of young people with superpowers who must find a way to work together.

Kelly Meding, 2011

Music and Trance: A Theory of the Relations Between Music ...

Gilbert Rouget offers and extended analysis of music and trance, concluding that no universal law can explain the relations between music and trance; they vary greatly and depend on the system of meaning of their cultural context.

Gilbert Rouget, 1985

Trance: from Magic to Technology

This book describes a new model for trance as well as practical techniques to analyse and design trances.

Dennis R. Wier, 2006

Creating Trance and Hypnosis Scripts

The collection of scripts contained in this book have been collated over many years and have been written by Gemma Bailey who is a qualified practicing hypnotherapist.

Gemma Bailey, 2009

Trance and Treatment, Second Edition: Clinical Uses of Hypnosis

This exceptional volume, with its profusion of systematic data, will spark controversy and interest among scientific students of hypnosis everywhere.

Herbert Spiegel, David Spiegel, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TRANCE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term trance is used in the context of the following news items.

Anil Kapoor: Came Out of Rogue Nation In a Tom Cruise Trance

Came out of #RogueNation in a @TomCruise trance! The man defies laws of physics & biology to prove, once again, that he is Impossibly great! - Majnu Bhai ... «NDTV, Aug 15»

Insomniac Releases Full Lineup For All-Trance Festival

It was recently announced via the EDCLV pamphlet that Insomniac would be creating an all-trance festival in Southern California and now the whole lineup is ... «Your EDM, Jul 15»

Armin Speaks On The Legacy Of Trance And His India Tour

Trance is not the most popular genre in electronic dance music at the moment. But, it's the closest to my heart. . . Dance music is like an oil stain. It has spread ... «Your EDM, Jun 15»

Game Of Thrones Goes EDM With Official Remix From Trance Legend

Armin Van Buuren is back and better than ever with an epic trance remix to the Game of Thrones theme song, a show which has absolutely exploded with ... «Your EDM, Jun 15»

Deadly game played at Sydney 'A State of Trance' dance party …

Police are investigating whether a teenage boy who died at a dance party was competing with friends to see who could swallow the most ecstasy pills. «Sydney Morning Herald, Feb 15»

London pickpocket victim 'put in trance'

A shopkeeper appeared to "fall into a trance" as a suspected robber rummaged through his pockets in a London off licence, the Metropolitan Police said. «BBC News, Dec 14»

Attorney Probed For Hypnotizing Female Clients

The bar association motion charges that Fine (pictured above) used “code” words to induce “Jane Doe” to “enter a trance-like stage.” While his client was ... «The Smoking Gun, Nov 14»

Manali Trance : Lisa Haydon grooves in a trance

'Manali Trance' is touted as Bollywood's first trance number. The song is sung by Yo Yo Honey Singh and picturised on Lisa Haydon. This dance number was ... «Times of India, Oct 14»

Hypnotist Timothy Porter put woman in trance and told her she was …

A self-taught hypnotist has been jailed for degrading a woman who he put under his trance, telling her he was her master and she was his sex slave. Instead of ... «Daily Mail, Sep 13»

New on DVD: 'Trance,' 'Ginger & Rosa,' more

USA TODAY's Claudia Puig says ** 1/2 out of four: "It's worth succumbing to Trance, because director Danny Boyle is one of the most visually inventive ... «USA TODAY, Jul 13»