treat

treat1 [ trit ] verb transitive ***

▸ 1 behave toward someone

▸ 2 deal with something

▸ 3 cure illness

▸ 4 protect/preserve something

▸ 5 be nice to someone

1. ) to behave toward someone in a particular way:

She felt she had been unfairly treated, and complained to her boss.

You should treat others politely.

treat someone with respect/kindness/contempt: We all treated my grandfather with the greatest respect.

treat someone like/as something: I wish you would stop treating me like a child!

treat someone well/badly: I still think the company treated you very badly.

treat someone like dirt (=treat someone very badly): The company has treated them all like dirt.

treat someone like royalty (=treat someone very well): Guests of the family are treated like royalty.

2. ) to deal with something in a particular way:

The council said that it would treat her case sympathetically.

treat something as something: These payments will be treated as income.

treat something with caution/skepticism/suspicion: You should treat this new evidence with caution.

a ) to discuss something by speaking or writing about it:

Is the subject of neglected women artists treated in the course?

3. ) often passive to use medicine or medical methods to cure an illness:

Vitamin deficiency can be properly diagnosed and treated by a doctor.

treat someone for something: She was treated for smoke inhalation.

treat someone with something: Patients are treated with a combination of medication and exercise.

4. ) to put a substance on something in order to protect it or make it stronger:

Fabrics are treated to make them water-resistant.

treat something with something: All wood is routinely treated with chemicals to preserve it.

5. ) to do or buy something special for yourself or someone else:

You took me to the movies last week, so this time I'll treat you.

treat yourself to something: She treated herself to a nice hot bubble bath.

treat someone to something: Bob treated us all to dinner at an expensive restaurant.

treat

treat 2 [ trit ] noun *

1. ) count something special that you do or buy for yourself or someone else:

It's a real treat to see you again.

As a special treat, we were allowed to stay up until midnight.

2. ) singular an occasion when you pay for something for someone else:

I'd like this lunch to be my treat.

be in for a treat

used for saying that you know someone is going to enjoy something

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