entente

en·tente

an understanding or agreement, as between nations
the parties to this

Origin of entente

French from Old French from entendre, to understand: see intent

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entente

noun

An agreement between two or more governments or powers for cooperative action or policy: “the economic entente between the Soviet Union and western Europe” ( Robert W. Tucker )
The parties to such an agreement.

Origin of entente

French from Old French intent from feminine past participle of entendre to understand, intend ; see intend .

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Noun

(plural ententes)

An informal alliance or friendly understanding between two states.

Origin

Borrowing from French entente, meaning “understanding”.

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He would have liked to organize a big move against the Bolsheviks from the west, but such a move could not be made while the Entente Powers were resolved to keep Germany out, and while they sympathized with all the new organizations hostile to RussiaEsthonia, Latvia and Poland.
It also contributed towards the conclusion of an entente between Turkey and Rumania in the summer of 1910.
They were by this procedure, moreover, directly violating the terms of the Armistice concluded with the Entente Powers on Nov.
Yielding to the unanimous desire of the other delegates, Pasic officially requested the Entente to recognize the Zagreb Council as the supreme authority in the ex-Austro-Hungarian provinces, and Trumbic as its accredited representative in the West, until unification could be completed.
The equivocal attitude of the Entente toward the new State naturally hastened the process of union.

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