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   treat

   /triːt/

   verb

   • 1. behave towards or deal with in a certain way: "she had been brutally treated" Similar behave towardsact towardsconduct oneself towardsuseservedeal withhandlemanage
   • ▪ regard something as being of a specified nature with implications for one's actions concerning it: "the names are being treated as classified information" Similar regardconsiderviewlook onput down as
   • ▪ present or discuss (a subject): "the issue is more fully treated in chapter five" Similar deal withbe aboutcoverbe concerned withconcern itself withdiscusswrite/speak/talk aboutgo intoexploreinvestigatetacklehandletouch onrefer toconsiderstudyreviewanalysecritique
   • 2. give medical care or attention to; try to heal or cure: "the two were treated for cuts and bruises" Similar attend totendminister tonursegive treatment toprescribe medicine formedicatedoseinformal:doctorcurehealremedymake better
   • 3. apply a process or a substance to (something) to protect or preserve it or to give it particular properties: "the lawns were treated with weedkiller every year" Similar primeprepareprocesscover
   • 4. provide someone with (food, drink, or entertainment) at one's own expense: "he treated her to a slap-up lunch" Similar buytake out forstandgivepay forpay/foot the bill forentertainwine and dineregale withentertain with/byfete withamuse with/bydivert with/by
   • ▪ give someone (something) as a favour: "he treated her to one of his smiles"
   • ▪ do or have something that gives one great pleasure: "treat yourself—you can diet tomorrow"
   • 5. negotiate terms with someone, especially an opponent: "propagandists claimed that he was treating with the enemy" Similar negotiatediscuss termshave talksconsultparleytalkconfermake a bargainbargain

   noun

   • 1. an event or item that is out of the ordinary and gives great pleasure: "he wanted to take her to the pictures as a treat" Similar celebrationentertainmentamusementdiversionsurprisepartyexcursionoutingpresentgifttitbitdelicacylittle somethingluxuryindulgenceextravaganceinformal:goodiepleasuresource of pleasuredelightthrilljoy
   • ▪ an act of treating someone to something: "‘My treat,’ he insisted, reaching for the bill"
   • ▪ a sweet, biscuit, or other item of sweet food.

   Word Origin Middle English (in the senses ‘negotiate’ and ‘discuss a subject’): from Old French traitier, from Latin tractare ‘handle’, frequentative of trahere ‘draw, pull’. The current noun sense dates from the mid 17th century.

   Derivatives

   • 1. treater noun

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   What does it mean to treat someone?

   • treat something as something All cases involving children are treated as urgent. to give medical care or attention to a person, an illness, an injury, etc. treat somebody for something She was treated for sunstroke. The students involved were treated for head injuries. treat somebody The clinic has treated several thousand patients free of charge .

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   What is treat verb?

   • Definition of treat verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary to behave in a particular way towards somebody/something Treat your keyboard with care and it should last for years. treat somebody/something + adv./prep. All candidates will be treated equally, regardless of age. They treat their animals quite badly. She felt unfairly treated.

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   What is the idiom for treat?

   • In addition to the idiom beginning with treat , also see Dutch treat; trick or treat. Those treats ended up in the trunk of her car until she found them days later, smashed, and threw them away. Messy, sticky, warm and sweet, s’mores are a treat that needs no recipe.

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   • Znaczenie Treat, Definicja W Cambridge English Dictionary

     TREAT definicja: 1. to behave towards someone or deal with...

   • Treat: Arabic Translation

     TREAT translate: يُعامِل, يُعالِج, مُعامَلة. Learn more in...

   • Treat Spanish Translation

     TREAT translate: tratar, tratar, invitar a alguien (a algo),...

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     to behave toward someone or deal with something in a...

   • Treat: Japanese Translation

     TREAT translate: ～を扱う, 待遇する, ～を治療する, もてなし, ごほうび, おごり,...

   • Treat: Malay Translation

     TREAT translate: memperlakukan, merawat, merawat, belanja,...

   • Treat: Russian Translation

     TREAT translate: обращаться, обходиться (с кем-либо) ,...

   • Treat: Korean Translation

     TREAT translate: 대하다, 다루다, 치료하다, 선물, 대접. Learn more in the...

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   1. a. : to deal with in speech or writing : expound. b. : to present or represent artistically. c. : to deal with : handle. food is plentiful and treated with imagination—Cecil Beaton. 2. a. : to bear oneself toward : use. treat a horse cruelly. b.

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   • to behave in a particular way towards somebody/something. treat somebody/something with something to treat people with respect. to treat people with caution/suspicion/dignity.
   • treat something as something to consider something in a particular way. I decided to treat his remark as a joke. Oxford Collocations Dictionary adverb. equally.
   • to deal with or discuss something in a particular way. treat something + adv./ prep. The question is treated in more detail in the next chapter. These allegations are being treated very seriously indeed.
   • to give medical care or attention to a person, an illness, an injury, etc. treat somebody for something She was treated for sunstroke. The students involved were treated for head injuries.

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   One sense of treat has to do with pleasures and special occasions. You might treat your mother to a pedicure, or give your dog a tasty treat. Treat can also mean "to carry on negotiations," (the meaning that feeds into treaty), or "to take care of." A doctor treats your illness with medication.

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   to act or behave toward (a person, animal, etc.) in a specified manner. 6. to have a specified attitude toward and deal with accordingly. to treat a mistake as a joke. 7. a. to pay for the food, drink, entertainment, etc. of (another or others) b. to provide with something that pleases.

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