treatverb
uk/triːt/us/triːt/treat verb (DEAL WITH)
B2 [ T usually + adv/prep ] to behave towards someone or deal with something in a particular way:
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- Many companies still treat their management staff better than their workers.
- You really should treat your parents with more respect.
- These men's magazines just treat women as playthings.
- We try to treat our students as individuals.
- All information will be treated as strictly confidential.
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Behaving, interacting and behaviour
- -behaved
- as ye sow, so shall ye reap idiom
- attachment disorder
- attitude
- bearing
- bedside manner
- behave
- carry on
- ism
- manner
- mannered
- mannerism
- meme
- model
- sauce
- turn
- turn sth on
- way
- what's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander idiom
- yourself
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treat verb (GIVE MEDICAL CARE)
B2 [ T ] to use drugs, exercises, etc. to cure a person of a disease or heal an injury:
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- The farmer called the vet out to treat a sick cow.
- Laboratory tests suggest that the new drug may be used to treat cancer.
- Two firefighters were treated for smoke inhalation.
- At that time I worked in a small hospital where I was treating shell-shocked soldiers.
- Antihistamine is often used to treat hay fever and insect bites.
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Medical treatment: treating & caring for people
- attention
- bedside manner
- bring
- care
- care for sb
- domiciliary
- eye
- first-line treatment
- keep your/an eye on sth/sb idiom
- mind
- minister
- minister to sb
- modality
- nurse
- patch sb/sth up
- referral
- section
- set sb up
- soothe
- tend
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treat verb (PAY FOR)
B2 [ T ] to buy or pay for something for another person:
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Buying & selling - general words
- all-you-can-eat
- barter
- black market
- bottom
- brokerage
- channel
- cold-calling
- desk research
- first refusal
- high street
- market share
- pawn
- pay
- supply and demand idiom
- the grey market
- trade
- trade route
- trading
- transaction
- under the counter idiom
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treat verb (PUT ON)
[ T ] to put a special substance on material such as wood, cloth, metal, etc. or put it through a special process, in order to protect it from damage or decay:
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Covering and adding layers
- asphalt
- bestrew
- binder
- blanket
- blindfold
- carpet
- coat
- fall over sth/sb
- film
- film over
- fur
- gild
- gum sth up
- inlay
- pad
- render
- seal
- swathe
- whitewash
- wreathe
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Idiom(s)
treatnoun
uk/triːt/us/triːt/treat noun (SPECIAL EXPERIENCE)
C2 [ C ] a special and enjoyable occasion or experience:
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Pleasure and happiness
- abandon
- afterglow
- bed
- bed of roses idiom
- bliss
- delirium
- exaltation
- exult
- feast
- fulfilment
- fun
- gaiety
- goody
- jovial
- joy
- joyful
- joyous
- jubilation
- savour
- stardust
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treat noun (PAY FOR)
an occasion when I, you, etc. buy or pay for something for another person:
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Paying money
- ante
- chargeable
- congestion charge
- demurrage
- disburse
- discharge
- disgorge
- fork
- fork out sth
- overspend
- pay up
- pick up the bill/tab idiom
- put sth down 1
- repayable
- self-financing
- sink
- spring
- square
- tip
- worth
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