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

The Triple Entente consisted of which three countries?

From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022

Among the largest European powers, the Triple Entente included an alliance of France, Great Britain, and Russia.

From Textbooks • Dec. 30, 2014

In 1914 many nations refused to stake their political fate in the quarrel between the Triple Entente and the Triple Alliance.

From Time Magazine Archive

Great Britain's agreement with France and Russia, the other members of the Triple Entente, did not go so far as to require her to join them in case they should be involved in war.

From A School History of the Great War by Gerson, Armand Jacques