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entre

prep.
C2 Proficiency US //ˈɑntɹeɪ// en·tre Archaic

prep. a word used in the past to mean 'between'. You might see it in old books or poems, but it is not used in modern English.

prep. a preposition meaning 'between'.


SIMPLE

The two brothers stood entre the trees.

CONTEXTUAL

In the old manuscript, the scribe wrote that the treasure was hidden entre the two mountains.

COMPLEX

The archaic use of 'entre' to mean 'between' is preserved in certain dialects and in the titles of historical legal instruments from the sixteenth century.

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