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treat
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- pronunciation:
- trit
- parts of speech:
- transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb, noun), Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
treats, treating, treated |
| definition 1: |
to behave toward (a person or animal) in a particular way.
The prisoners were treated cruelly.Stop treating me like a child!You should treat the kitten more gently.
- synonyms:
- relate to
- similar words:
- deal with, handle
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| definition 2: |
to deal with, manage, or consider in a particular way.
In these cases, the law treats everyone the same.We will treat this information as top secret.He treated her request as trivial.- synonyms:
- deal with, handle
- similar words:
- cope with, manage, process, represent
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| definition 3: |
to discuss in speech or writing.
Issues related to conservation will be treated in the next chapter.- synonyms:
- address, discuss
- similar words:
- analyze, consider, deal with, examine, touch
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| definition 4: |
to relieve or cure (a disease or illness).
Doctors treated the disease with penicillin.
- synonyms:
- cure, heal, relieve, remedy
- similar words:
- attend, doctor, medicate, minister, nurse, patch
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| definition 5: |
to give medical attention to.
The doctor treats twenty patients a day.- synonyms:
- doctor, nurse
- similar words:
- diagnose, medicate, take care of
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| definition 6: |
to offer (food, drink, or entertainment) to at one's own expense.
She offered to treat us to lunch.- similar words:
- dine, entertain
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| definition 7: |
to act upon in order to achieve a desired result.
He treated the wood with varnish.The water is treated with chlorine.- similar words:
- dose
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| related words: |
criticize, cure, deal, dress, feast, fume, heal, muck, refine, wax |
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| definition 1: |
to deal with a subject, topic, or theme in speech or writing (often fol. by "of").
It's an essay that treats of politics.- synonyms:
- deal
- similar words:
- consider, speak
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| definition 2: |
to take responsibility for the cost of providing food, drink, or entertainment to another.
You don't have to pay; the boss is treating.- synonyms:
- buy, pay
- similar words:
- entertain
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
the act of taking responsibility for the cost of providing food, drink, or entertainment to another.
He told us that the ice cream was his treat. |
| definition 2: |
anything regarded as a source of pleasure.
Chocolate is his favorite treat.- synonyms:
- delicacy, goody
- similar words:
- indulgence, luxury, morsel, pleasure, present
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| related words: |
dainty |
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| derivation: |
treatable (adj.) |
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