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3 N‑UNCOUNT The tramp of people is the sound of their heavy, regular walking. □ [+ of ] He heard the slow, heavy tramp of feet on the stairs.

4 N‑COUNT If someone refers to a woman as a tramp , they are insulting her, because they think that she is immoral in her sexual behaviour. [mainly AM , OFFENSIVE , DISAPPROVAL ]

tram|ple /træ mp ^ə l/ (tramples , trampling , trampled )

1 VERB To trample on someone's rights or values or to trample them means to deliberately ignore or destroy them. □ [V + on ] They say loggers are destroying rain forests and trampling on the rights of natives. □ [V n] Diplomats denounced the leaders for trampling their citizens' civil rights.

2 VERB [usu passive] If someone is trampled , they are injured or killed by being stepped on by animals or by other people. □ [be V -ed] Many people were trampled in the panic that followed.

3 VERB If someone tramples something or tramples on it, they step heavily and carelessly on it and damage it. □ [V n] They don't want people trampling the grass, pitching tents or building fires. □ [V + on ] Please don't trample on the azaleas.

tram|po|line /træ mpəliːn/ (trampolines ) N‑COUNT A trampoline is a piece of equipment on which you jump up and down as a sport. It consists of a large piece of strong cloth held by springs in a frame.

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.