treat
/tri:t/
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Definition
Noun:
- A special event or item that gives pleasure: Something that provides enjoyment or delight, often as a reward or on a special occasion.
- A choice food item: Something considered delicious or a delicacy.
Verb:
- To behave towards or deal with in a certain way: To act or interact with someone or something in a specified manner.
- To provide medical care: To give medical attention to an illness or injury.
- To pay for someone else's enjoyment: To provide something like a meal, gift, or entertainment at one's own expense.
- To process or apply a substance: To subject something to a chemical or physical process to change or preserve it.
- To discuss or handle a subject: To write or speak about a topic in a detailed way.
Examples
Noun:
- Going to the ice cream parlor was a real treat for the children.
- These chocolates are a special treat I save for guests.
Verb:
- You should treat your colleagues with respect.
- The doctor will treat the patient's infection.
- Let me treat you to lunch today.
- They treat the wood to make it waterproof.
- The next chapter will treat the issue of climate change in detail.
Advanced Usage
"treat as": To regard or consider something in a specific way.
- The court decided to treat the statement as evidence.
"treat with":
- To negotiate or deal with someone.
- The rebels agreed to treat with the government.
- To use a specific substance in medical care or processing.
- Treat the fabric with a stain repellent.
Variants and Related Words
Treatment (n): The way someone or something is dealt with; medical care.
- The patient responded well to the new treatment.
Treatable (adj): Able to be medically cured or improved.
- Fortunately, the disease is treatable with antibiotics.
Synonyms
- Noun: Delight, pleasure, luxury.
- Verb: Handle, deal with, nurse, pay for, process, discuss.
Related Phrasal Verbs
Treat to: To buy or provide something special for someone.
- He treated his family to a vacation in Hawaii.
Treat of (formal): To have as a subject; to discuss.
- The article treats of the economic reforms of the 1990s.
Related Idioms
Trick or treat: A phrase said by children at Halloween when they visit houses asking for candy.
- The kids dressed up as ghosts and went door-to-door saying "trick or treat!".
Go down a treat (British, informal): To be very enjoyable or successful.
- The homemade cake went down a treat at the party.
Noun
- an occurrence that causes special pleasure or delight
- something considered choice to eat
Verb
- regard or consider in a specific way
- I treated his advances as a joke
- engage in negotiations in order to reach an agreement
- they had to treat with the King
- provide with choice or abundant food or drink
- Don't worry about the expensive wine--I'm treating
- She treated her houseguests with good food every night
- provide with a gift or entertainment
- Grandmother always treated us to the circus
- I like to treat myself to a day at a spa when I am depressed
- act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression
- This book deals with incest
- The course covered all of Western Civilization
- The new book treats the history of China
- provide treatment for
- The doctor treated my broken leg
- The nurses cared for the bomb victims
- The patient must be treated right away or she will die
- Treat the infection with antibiotics
- subject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some purpose, improving, or remedying a condition
- process cheese
- process hair
- treat the water so it can be drunk
- treat the lawn with chemicals
- treat an oil spill
- interact in a certain way
- Do right by her
- Treat him with caution, please
- Handle the press reporters gently