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- [trans, trahns]
- /træns, trɑns/
- /trɑːns/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [trans, trahns]
- /træns, trɑns/
Definitions of trance word
- noun trance a passageway, as a hallway, alley, or the like. 1
- verb with object trance to put in a trance; stupefy. 1
- verb with object trance to entrance; enrapture. 1
- verb without object trance to move or walk rapidly or briskly. 1
- noun trance hypnotic state 1
- noun trance daydream 1
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Origin of trance
First appearance:
before 1300 One of the 15% oldest English words
1300-50; Middle English traunce state of extreme dread, swoon, dazed state < Middle French transe literally, passage (from life to death), derivative of transir to go across, pass over < Latin trānsīre, equivalent to trāns- trans- + īre to go
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Parts of speech for Trance
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
trance popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 93% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
trance usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for trance
noun trance
- abstraction — An abstraction is a general idea rather than one relating to a particular object, person, or situation.
- analgesia — inability to feel pain
- asphyxia — Asphyxia is death or loss of consciousness caused by being unable to breathe properly.
- bemusement — Bemusement is the feeling that you have when you are puzzled or confused by something.
- bewitchment — the state of being bewitched
verb trance
- carried away — to take or support from one place to another; convey; transport: He carried her for a mile in his arms. This elevator cannot carry more than ten people.
- carry away — to remove forcefully
- in flames — to kindle or excite (passions, desires, etc.).
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