EnglishMain Dictionary
treat
Universal Words
verb, noun
verb [VN]
behave towards sb / sth
1 ~ sb/sth (with / as / like sth) to behave in a particular way towards sb/sth:
to treat people with respect / consideration / suspicion * Treat your keyboard with care and it should last for years. * My parents still treat me like a child. * He was treated as a hero on his release from prison.
consider
2 ~ sth as sth to consider sth in a particular way:
I decided to treat his remark as a joke. * All cases involving children are treated as urgent.
3 to deal with or discuss sth in a particular way:
The question is treated in more detail in the next chapter.
illness / injury
4 to give medical care or attention to a person, an illness, an injury, etc:
She was treated for sunstroke. * The condition is usually treated with drugs and a strict diet. * The hospital treated forty cases of malaria last year.
use chemical
5 ~ sth (with sth) to use a chemical substance or process to clean, protect, preserve, etc. sth:
to treat crops with insecticide * wood treated with preservative
pay for sth enjoyable
6 ~ sb / yourself (to sth) to pay for sth that sb/you will enjoy and that you do not usually have or do:
She treated him to lunch. * Don't worry about the cost-I'll treat you. * I'm going to treat myself to a new pair of shoes.
treatable adjective:
a treatable condition / infection
IDIOMS
treat sb like dirt (informal) to treat sb with no respect at all:
They treat their workers like dirt.
PHRASALVERBS
treat sb to sth to entertain sb with sth special:
The crowd were treated to a superb display of tennis.
noun something very pleasant and enjoyable, especially sth that you give sb or do for them:
We took the kids to the zoo as a special treat. * You've never been to this area before? Then you're in for a real treat. * When I was young chocolate was a treat. * Let's go out for lunch-my treat (= I will pay).
IDIOMS
a treat (BrE, informal) extremely well or good:
His idea worked a treat (= was successful). * I don't know whether she can act but she looks a treat.
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