2
: a sleeplike state (as of deep hypnosis) usually characterized by partly suspended animation with diminished or absent sensory and motor activity
3
: a state of profound abstraction or absorption
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Noun
The spiritual healer fell into a trance.
He was staring out the window in a trance.
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Michael Saponara, Billboard, 3 Feb. 2025
Hypnosis is a method that puts someone in a trance or dream-like state, a relaxed condition, and it has been practiced for thousands of years.
—Essence, 7 Jan. 2025
This move paralyzes them and causes the whale sharks to slip into a kind of trance.
—Rachel Raposas, People.com, 13 Dec. 2024
Yet there are drawbacks to being able to enter a trance.
—Sheila Heti, Harper's Magazine, 2 Sep. 2024
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Noun
The trailer features Drake in a trance while posted up in the corner of a speakeasy, sipping on a drink as he’s surrounded by chatty women not paying him any mind.
—Michael Saponara, Billboard, 3 Feb. 2025
Hypnosis is a method that puts someone in a trance or dream-like state, a relaxed condition, and it has been practiced for thousands of years.
—Essence, 7 Jan. 2025
This move paralyzes them and causes the whale sharks to slip into a kind of trance.
—Rachel Raposas, People.com, 13 Dec. 2024
Yet there are drawbacks to being able to enter a trance.
—Sheila Heti, Harper's Magazine, 2 Sep. 2024
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“Trance.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trance. Accessed 12 Feb. 2025.
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trance
noun1
: a sleeplike altered state of consciousness (as of deep hypnosis) usually characterized by partly suspended animation with diminished or absent sensory and motor activity and subsequent lack of recall
2
: a state of profound abstraction or absorption
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