Triple Entente

American  

noun

1. an informal understanding among Great Britain, France, and Russia based on a Franco-Russian military alliance (1894), an Anglo-French entente (1904), and an Anglo-Russian entente (1907). It was considered a counterbalance to the Triple Alliance but was terminated when the Bolsheviks came into control in Russia in 1917.

2. the member nations of this entente.

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Triple Entente British  

noun

1. the understanding between Britain, France, and Russia that developed between 1894 and 1907 and counterbalanced the Triple Alliance of 1882. The Entente became a formal alliance on the outbreak of World War I and was ended by the Russian Revolution in 1917

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Example Sentences

In 1907, the Triple Entente was created between Russia, France, and Britain, growing out of a shared distrust of German aims.

From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022

In addition, the former members of the Triple Entente themselves owed enormous sums to the United States for the loans they had received during the war, amounting to approximately $10 billion.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2020

Once the war began, the Triple Entente of Russia, France, and Britain faced the Central Powers of Germany and Austria.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2020

The Triple Entente was born of this fear.

From Time Magazine Archive

Among the population and in the streets there was not a single voice which was not heartily and enthusiastically for the Triple Entente in general and France in particular.

From The New York Times Current History, A Monthly Magazine The European War, March 1915 by Various