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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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adverb + (v.)treat
chemically, effectively, specially, successfully
(v.)treat
+ adverb
accordingly,
aggressively,
alike,
appropriately,
badly,
decently,
differently,
equally,
fairly,
harshly,
humanely,
kindly,
medically,
nicely,
poorly,
properly,
respectfully,
rudely,
separately,
seriously,
shabbily,
unfairly,
unjustly
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(v.)treat
+ noun
addict,
addiction,
ailment,
allergy,
anemia,
anthrax,
antibiotic,
arthritis,
asthma,
burn,
cancer,
caution,
chemotherapy,
commodity,
contempt,
courtesy,
criminal,
deference,
depression,
diabetes,
dignity,
disdain,
disease,
disorder,
disrespect,
fever,
headache,
hormone,
hypertension,
illness,
infection,
infertility,
injury,
kidney,
kindness,
leukemia,
malaria,
obesity,
offender,
osteoporosis,
outpatient,
patient,
pet,
prisoner,
prostate,
radiation,
respect,
royalty,
sewage,
symptom,
tuberculosis,
tumor,
ulcer,
wastewater,
wound
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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 |
adjective + (n.)treat
delicious, favorite, occasional, rare, real, special, sweet, tasty, visual
verb + (n.)treat
eat, enjoy, trick
noun + (n.)treat
chocolate, cream, dog, gourmet, holiday, ice, trick
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| derivation: |
treatable (adj.) |
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