Entente is an English word with synonyms like alliance or coalition. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Entente in a sentence
Entente meaning
An informal alliance or friendly understanding between two states.
Synonyms of Entente
Using Entente
- The main meaning on this page is: An informal alliance or friendly understanding between two states.
- Useful related words include: entente cordiale, alliance, coalition, alignment.
- In the example corpus, entente often appears in combinations such as: the entente, entente powers, triple entente.
Context around Entente
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 8 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Entente
- In this selection, "entente" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, triple, new, countries, powers, cordiale and pour stand out and add context to how "entente" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include abiy s entente with tigray and algerian outfit entente sportive de. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "entente" sits close to words such as abadi, abdelaziz and absolutist, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with entente
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
It is deeply spooked by the manifestation of this new entente. (11 words)
Like him, he emphasized the long-standing ties and promoted an Entente Cordiale. (13 words)
Austria-Hungary requested Italian neutrality, while the Triple Entente (which included Great Britain, France and Russia) requested its intervention. (19 words)
As with the two previous “new” Prince LPs to drop since his passing, it will be released by Warner Bros. The singer feuded bitterly with the label in the Nineties, but his estate has now reached an entente with them. (40 words)
He suggested the Entente Cordiale – an agreement signed between UK and France in 1904 to set aside rivalries – be renewed as an Entente pour la Durabilite (Sustainability Agreement) to deal with the global climate emergency. (35 words)
Amharas resent Abiy’s entente with Tigray, worrying that he will hand back long-disputed territory—known as Welkait-Tsegede to Amharas and Western Tigray to Tigrayans—that Amhara militias seized during the war. (34 words)
Example sentences (20)
He suggested the Entente Cordiale – an agreement signed between UK and France in 1904 to set aside rivalries – be renewed as an Entente pour la Durabilite (Sustainability Agreement) to deal with the global climate emergency.
It is deeply spooked by the manifestation of this new entente.
Like him, he emphasized the long-standing ties and promoted an Entente Cordiale.
Next year marks the 120th anniversary of the Entente Cordiale, which put an end to centuries of rivalry between the two countries.
Amharas resent Abiy’s entente with Tigray, worrying that he will hand back long-disputed territory—known as Welkait-Tsegede to Amharas and Western Tigray to Tigrayans—that Amhara militias seized during the war.
The south-east town swept the boards at the Entente Florale Europe Competition 2024 awards ceremony in Hungary on Saturday night.
As with the two previous “new” Prince LPs to drop since his passing, it will be released by Warner Bros. The singer feuded bitterly with the label in the Nineties, but his estate has now reached an entente with them.
Italy claimed the region as part of a secret pact signed in 1915 with the Triple Entente, pledging to attack the Central Powers in exchange for territorial gains.
The future is pushing us in the direction of mutual understanding for the sake of our common welfare, the development of poor countries, entente with the Islamic world, and the fight against global terrorism.
Algerian outfit, Entente Sportive de Setif, must have welcomed their pairing against Aduana Stars with a huge sense of relief.
The reason for the entente was so that the executive could get bills passed by the national assembly, where there was vicious opposition.
A ceremony is held at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier every 11 November on the anniversary of the armistice signed by the Entente Powers and Germany in 1918.
A group called Entente anarchiste appeared which was formed of militants who didn´t like the new ideological orientation that the OPB was giving the FCL seeing it was authoritarian and almost marxist.
Austria-Hungary requested Italian neutrality, while the Triple Entente (which included Great Britain, France and Russia) requested its intervention.
Britain was loosely part of the Triple Entente with France and Russia, which (with smaller allies) fought the Central Powers of Germany, Austria and the Ottoman Empire.
By late 1916, food supply from Hungary became intermittent and the government sought an armistice with the Entente powers.
Despite his formal opposition to joining the "peace front", Carol did decide to strengthen the Balkan Entente, and especially to strengthen ties with Turkey.
German strategy should aim to divide the Allies, by forcing at least one of the Entente powers into a negotiated peace.
In the autumn of 1919, Piłsudski rejected urgent pleas from the former Entente powers to support Anton Denikin 's White movement in its advance on Moscow.
Italy also enjoyed support by the Entente powers: by 1918, large amounts of war materials and a few auxiliary American, British, and French divisions arrived in the Italian battle zone.
Common combinations with entente
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: