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   en·tente

   /änˈtänt/

   noun

   • 1. a friendly understanding or informal alliance between states or factions: "the growing entente between former opponents"
   • ▪ a group of states in an informal alliance: "the unsuccessful scheme to lure Greece into the war on the side of the entente"
   • ▪ the understanding between Britain and France reached in 1904, forming the basis of Anglo-French cooperation in World War I.

   Word Origin mid 19th century: Frenchentente (cordiale)‘(friendly) understanding’.

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