[
UK
/ɒntˈɒnt/
]
NOUN
- a friendly understanding between political powers
- an informal alliance between countries
How To Use entente In A Sentence
- After all, every previous alliance, coalition, entente, empire, community, or monetary union of European states has collapsed sooner or later.
- Gradually a sort of entente seemed to grow between it and the colonial enemy.
- In fact, the dominant Anglo-American entente is opposed to colonialization and demands that the natives be paid for the extraction of their natural resources. It’s Hard to Be an Anti-Zionist Jew « Antiwar.com Blog
- Instead of an entente cordiale of mutual admiration, he has faced awkward questions about Afghanistan troop levels, Turkey-phobia, and the French nuclear arsenal.
- As it was, my coming to the assistance of my poor friend happened to save the "entente" from being Labrador Days Tales of the Sea Toilers
- Interestingly, these kind of agreements - usually referred to as ententes - are considered less binding than what NATO is - a collective security treaty.
- China's leaders must also have considered the possibility that their current entente with Russia may not last forever, although they may find it impolitic to say so.
- First came the alliance with Japan in 1902, and then the settling of differences with France over colonial issues via the entente of 1904, a process which was repeated with the entente with Russia in 1907.
- Elizabeth pursued the idea of a French marriage at this stage for the sole reason that she thought the French would never agree to a defensive entente against Spain in the absence of a dynastic marriage.
- To sum up, I advocate an immediate revival of the Anglo-French "entente", as an essential prelude to any wider European or Atlantic unity. The Future of the Western Alliance