| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | en·tente |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   n-tnt |
| NOUN: | 1. 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). 2. The parties to such an agreement. | | ETYMOLOGY: | French, from Old French, intent, from feminine past participle of entendre, to understand, intend. See intend.
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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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