1
: an international understanding providing for a common course of action
2
[French entente cordiale]
: a coalition of parties to an entente
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Particularly important has been Hamas’s long-standing entente with Islamic Jihad.
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Leila Seurat, Foreign Affairs, 26 Aug. 2025
Central to this deal is the distinct entente between Putin and Bibi.
—Melik Kaylan, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
Allegedly, Gilles Jacob, the Cannes president at the time, had to jump in to soothe both parties toward an entente.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 10 Oct. 2024
That all sounds nice, but their group was too small—only about twenty-five thousand members at its peak—to effect such an entente.
—John Ganz, Harper's Magazine, 22 May 2024
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Leila Seurat, Foreign Affairs, 26 Aug. 2025
Central to this deal is the distinct entente between Putin and Bibi.
—Melik Kaylan, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
Allegedly, Gilles Jacob, the Cannes president at the time, had to jump in to soothe both parties toward an entente.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 10 Oct. 2024
That all sounds nice, but their group was too small—only about twenty-five thousand members at its peak—to effect such an entente.
—John Ganz, Harper's Magazine, 22 May 2024
See All Example Sentences for entente
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“Entente.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/entente. Accessed 7 Sep. 2025.
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