Associations to the word «Trance»

Wiktionary

TRANCE, noun. A dazed or unconscious condition.
TRANCE, noun. (consciousness) A state of concentration, awareness and/or focus that filters information and experience; e.g. meditation, possession, etc.
TRANCE, noun. (psychology) A state of low response to stimulus and diminished, narrow attention.
TRANCE, noun. (psychology) The previous state induced by hypnosis.
TRANCE, noun. (uncountable) (music genre) Trance music, a genre of electronic dance music.
TRANCE, noun. (obsolete) A tedious journey.
TRANCE, verb. To entrance.
TRANCE, verb. (obsolete) To pass over or across; to traverse.
TRANCE, verb. (obsolete) To pass; to travel.
TRANCE MUSIC, noun. (music genre) A style of dance music with fast beats, short melodic synthesizer phrases, and a musical form that builds up and down throughout a track, often played in nightclubs.

Dictionary definition

TRANCE, noun. A psychological state induced by (or as if induced by) a magical incantation.
TRANCE, noun. A state of mind in which consciousness is fragile and voluntary action is poor or missing; a state resembling deep sleep.
TRANCE, verb. Attract; cause to be enamored; "She captured all the men's hearts".

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King