tram|way /træ mwe I / (tramways ) N‑COUNT A tramway is a set of rails laid in the surface of a road for trams to travel along. [mainly BRIT ]
trance /trɑː ns, træ ns/ (trances ) N‑COUNT [oft prep N ] A trance is a state of mind in which someone seems to be asleep and to have no conscious control over their thoughts or actions, but in which they can see and hear things and respond to commands given by other people. □ Like a man in a trance, Blake found his way back to his rooms.
tranche /trɑː nʃ/ (tranches )
1 N‑COUNT In economics, a tranche of shares in a company, or a tranche of a company, is a number of shares in that company. [mainly BRIT , BUSINESS ] □ [+ of ] On February 12th he put up for sale a second tranche of 32 state-owned companies.
2 N‑COUNT A tranche of something is a piece, section, or part of it. A tranche of things is a group of them. [FORMAL ] □ [+ of ] They risk losing the next tranche of funding.
tran|quil /træ ŋkw I l/ ADJ Something that is tranquil is calm and peaceful. □ The tranquil atmosphere of The Connaught allows guests to feel totally at home. ● tran|quil|lity /træŋkw I l I ti/ N‑UNCOUNT □ The hotel is a haven of peace and tranquillity.
tran|quil|lize /træ ŋkw I la I z/ (tranquillizes , tranquillizing , tranquillized ) The spellings tranquilize in American English, and tranquillise in British English, are also used. VERB To tranquillize a person or an animal means to make them become calm, sleepy, or unconscious by means of a drug. □ [V n] This powerful drug is used to tranquilize patients undergoing surgery.
tran|quil|liz|er /træ ŋkw I la I zə r / (tranquillizers ) The spellings tranquilizer in American English, and tranquilliser in British English, are also used. N‑COUNT A tranquillizer is a drug that makes people feel calmer or less anxious. Tranquillizers are sometimes used to make people or animals become sleepy or unconscious.
trans /træ nz/ ADJ Someone who is trans has a gender identity which does not fully correspond to the sex assigned to them at birth. □ Christine Burns is a trans woman who led the campaign for the legal right to change gender.
trans. trans. is a written abbreviation for 'translated by'.
PREFIX trans-
is used to form adjectives which indicate that something involves or enables travel from one side of an area to the other. For example, a trans-continental journey is a journey across a continent.
trans|act /trænzæ kt/ (transacts , transacting , transacted ) VERB If you transact business, you enter into a deal with someone, for example by buying or selling something. [FORMAL ] □ [V n] This would free them to transact business across state lines.
trans|ac|tion ◆◇◇ /trænzæ kʃ ə n/ (transactions ) N‑COUNT A transaction is a piece of business, for example an act of buying or selling something. [FORMAL ]
trans|at|lan|tic /træ nzətlæ nt I k/
1 ADJ [ADJ n] Transatlantic flights or signals go across the Atlantic Ocean, usually between the United States and Britain. □ Many transatlantic flights land there.
2 ADJ [ADJ n] Transatlantic is used to refer to something that happens, exists, or begins in the United States. [BRIT ] □ …transatlantic fashions.
trans|cend /trænse nd/ (transcends , transcending , transcended ) VERB Something that transcends normal limits or boundaries goes beyond them, because it is more significant than them. □ [V n] …issues like humanitarian aid that transcend party loyalty.
tran|scend|ence /trænse ndəns/ N‑UNCOUNT Transcendence is the quality of being able to go beyond normal limits or boundaries. □ [+ of ] …the transcendence of class differences.
trans|cend|ent /trænse ndənt/ ADJ Something that is transcendent goes beyond normal limits or boundaries, because it is more significant than them. □ …the idea of a transcendent God who stood apart from mankind.
tran|scen|den|tal /træ nsende nt ə l/ ADJ [usu ADJ n] Transcendental refers to things that lie beyond the practical experience of ordinary people, and cannot be discovered or understood by ordinary reasoning. □ …the transcendental nature of God.
tra n|scen|den|tal medi|ta |tion N‑UNCOUNT Transcendental meditation is a kind of meditation in which people mentally relax by silently repeating special words over and over again. The abbreviation TM is also used.
trans|con|ti|nen|tal /træ nskɒnt I ne nt ə l/ ADJ [usu ADJ n] A transcontinental journey or route goes from one side of a continent to the other. In American English, transcontinental usually means from one side of the United States to the other. □ …in mid-nineteenth-century America, before the transcontinental railroad was built.
tran|scribe /trænskra I b/ (transcribes , transcribing , transcribed )
1 VERB If you transcribe a speech or text, you write it out in a different form from the one in which it exists, for example by writing it out in full from notes or from a tape recording. □ [V n] She is transcribing, from his dictation, the diaries of Simon Forman.
2 VERB If you transcribe a piece of music for an instrument which is not the one for which it was originally written, you rewrite it so that it can be played on that instrument. □ [V n + for ] He gave up trying to write for the guitar and decided to transcribe the work for piano. [Also V n]
tran|script /træ nskr I pt/ (transcripts ) N‑COUNT A transcript of a conversation or speech is a written text of it, based on a recording or notes.
tran|scrip|tion /trænskr I pʃ ə n/ (transcriptions )
1 N‑UNCOUNT Transcription of speech or text is the process of transcribing it.
2 N‑COUNT A transcription of a conversation or speech is a written text of it, based on a recording or notes.