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trance

 
/træns/ n [C]

Definition

a mental state between sleeping and waking in which a person does not move but can hear and understand what is being said: The sound of the waves lulled me into a trance.
(Definition of trance n from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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