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entente

[ ahn-tahnt; French ahn-tahnt ]

noun

, plural en·tentes [ahn-, tahnts, ah, n, -, tahnt].
  1. an arrangement or understanding between two or more nations agreeing to follow a particular policy with regard to affairs of international concern.

    Synonyms: rapprochement, accord, agreement

  2. an alliance of parties to such an understanding.


entente

/ ɑ̃tɑ̃t /

noun

  1. short for entente cordiale
  2. the parties to an entente cordiale collectively


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Word History and Origins

Origin of entente1

1830–45; < French: understanding, Old French: intention, noun use of feminine of entent, past participle of entendre to intend

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Word History and Origins

Origin of entente1

C19: French: understanding

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Example Sentences

I can't say I'm particularly hopeful that Iran will approach this entente in good faith.

Lately, according to Ken Pollack, Washington and Tehran have been in a kind of unexpected entente in Iraq.

In the 1950s, big corporation and big labor forged an entente, in which they generally agreed to share an expanding pie.

Israel, of course, has legitimate security concerns, especially in light of the recent Fatah-Hamas entente.

There had long been rumors of an entente between Archduke and Kaiser, but this!

There is an anecdote of the latter which, as an example of thrust and parry in double entente, is hardly to be matched.

So these members of the Entente had to be assisted in making purchases abroad.

The French entente cordiale was remembered, and our Sovereign had long ago been declared to be the first diplomat in Europe.

Liber and his colleague Dahn were at that time among the staunchest supporters of the policy of the Entente in Russia.

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