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trance

trance

8 6.6
Electronic dance music with a fast beat and repeating dreamy melodies often played in clubs
  • noun
  • /træns/
translation icon : música trance
  • The DJ played a beautiful trance track that made everyone dance for hours.
  • trance music

It's like too many things going on this industrial technos like, you know, this African like rain dances, like it's this transcendental trance.

Examples

  • The music created a trance atmosphere, drawing the audience into a state of euphoria.

  • I'm caught up in some kind of trance and yes I would die for this dance

    Twins (1988)

  • Ten years ago, I wouldn't have thought trance would end up sounding like it does now.

    Blog text (7)

  • His deep, minimal house music gave off a more relaxed, trance vibe rather than that of raging dance music.

    Blog text (19)

  • Music that involves riffs, anyway, will have a trance-like effect, and it's really like a mantra....

    Blog text (14)

  • We could drink Coronas, dance the night away to the latest Euro-techno or trance, go home and watch MTV, or drop by an all-night diner.

    Academic text (2008)

  • Some of it has very tribal, natural-themed soundscapes: progressive trance, deep house, tech house, and certain sub-genres of techno.

    Blog text (27)

  • During the trance performance, the crowd swayed in unison to the captivating beats.

Synonyms

dance music
vstrance
16 1.4

Music with a strong beat that people dance to at parties

is an electronic subgenre with fast tempo and hypnotic repetitive melodic phrases

Compounds

trance-like state
2 6.8

A deep daze when a person is unaware of what is happening

hypnotic trance
  • Specialized
1 8.6

A very relaxed state where someone accepts another person's suggestions easily

dream trance
  • Archaic
8.4

A type of dance music with soft, melodic sounds popular in the late 1990s

anthem trance
  • Jargon
7.2

Electronic dance music with big uplifting melodies that makes people feel very happy

euro-trance
8.2

A style of electronic dance music from Europe with strong beats and catchy melodies

religious trance
  • Specialized
8.2

A deep state of mind with strong feeling and focused attention during prayer

uplifting trance
6.8

A kind of electronic dance music with emotional tunes and fast beats that makes you feel joyful

How Uplifting

anthem trance
  • Jargon
7.2
trance
8 6.6

Surface Forms

trance singular
trances plural

Etymology

Trance comes from the Latin verb transire, which means 'to cross' or 'go beyond', and it is like the word transport. That's why trance music uses repeating beats and sounds to 'carry you away' into a dreamy, hypnotic feeling.