treat (tr t)v. treat·ed, treat·ing, treats v.tr. 1. To act or behave in a specified manner toward. 2. To regard and handle in a certain way. Often used with as: treated the matter as a joke. 3. To deal with in writing or speech; discuss: a book that treats all aspects of health care. 4. To deal with or represent artistically in a specified manner or style: treats the subject poetically. 5. a. To provide with food, entertainment, or gifts at one's own expense: treated her sister to the theater. b. To give (someone or oneself) something pleasurable: treated herself to a day in the country. 6. To subject to a process, action, or change, especially to a chemical or physical process or application. 7. a. To give medical aid to (someone): treated many patients in the emergency room. b. To give medical aid to counteract (a disease or condition): treated malaria with quinine. v.intr. 1. To deal with a subject or topic in writing or speech. Often used with of: The essay treats of courtly love. 2. To pay for another's entertainment, food, or drink. 3. To engage in negotiations, as to reach a settlement or agree on terms: "Both sides nonetheless are quite willing to treat with [the king]" (Gregory J. Wallance). n. 1. Something, such as one's food or entertainment, that is paid for by someone else. 2. A source of a special delight or pleasure: His trip abroad was a real treat. [Middle English tretien, from Old French traitier, from Latin tract  re, frequentative of trahere, to draw.]treat  er n.Synonyms: treat, deal1, handle These verbs mean to act in a specified way with regard to someone or something: treats his guests with courtesy; dealt rationally with the problem; handling a case with discretion. |
treat
Verb
1. to deal with or regard in a certain manner: her love for a man who treats her abominably
2. to attempt to cure or lessen the symptoms of (an illness or injury or a person suffering from it): the drug is prescribed to treat asthma
3. to subject to a chemical or industrial process: the wood should be treated with a preservative
4. to provide (someone) with something as a treat: I'll treat you to an ice cream
5. treat of to deal with (something) in writing or speaking: this book treats of a most abstruse subject
Noun
1. a celebration, entertainment, gift, or meal given for or to someone and paid for by someone else
2. any delightful surprise or specially pleasant occasion [Old French tretier]
treatable adj
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. |  treat - something considered choice to eat aliment, alimentation, nourishment, nutriment, sustenance, victuals, nutrition - a source of materials to nourish the body confection, sweet - a food rich in sugar nectar, ambrosia - (classical mythology) the food and drink of the gods; mortals who ate it became immortal jelly, gelatin - an edible jelly (sweet or pungent) made with gelatin and used as a dessert or salad base or a coating for foods bone marrow, marrow - very tender and very nutritious tissue from marrowbones |
| 2. |  treat - an occurrence that causes special pleasure or delight | |
| Verb | 1. |  treat - interact in a certain way; "Do right by her"; "Treat him with caution, please"; "Handle the press reporters gently"treat - regard or consider in a specific way; "I treated his advances as a joke" deal, plow, handle, treat, cover, address - act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression; "This book deals with incest"; "The course covered all of Western Civilization"; "The new book treats the history of China" interact - act together or towards others or with others; "He should interact more with his colleagues" wrong - treat unjustly; do wrong to handle with kid gloves - handle with great care and sensitivity; "You have to handle the students with kid gloves" criminalize - treat as a criminal nurse - treat carefully; "He nursed his injured back by lying in bed several hours every afternoon"; "He nursed the flowers in his garden and fertilized them regularly" strong-arm - handle roughly; "He was strong-armed by the policemen" ride roughshod, run roughshod - treat inconsiderately or harshly upstage - treat snobbishly, put in one's place rough-house - treat in a rough or boisterous manner do well by - treat with respect and consideration; "children should do well by their parents" gloss over, skate over, skimp over, slur over, smooth over - treat hurriedly or avoid dealing with properly abuse, ill-treat, ill-use, maltreat, mistreat, step - treat badly; "This boss abuses his workers"; "She is always stepping on others to get ahead" baby, cocker, coddle, cosset, featherbed, mollycoddle, pamper, spoil, indulge - treat with excessive indulgence; "grandparents often pamper the children"; "Let's not mollycoddle our students!" |
| 2. |  treat - subject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some purpose, improving, or remedying a condition; "process cheese"; "process hair"; "treat the water so it can be drunk"; "treat the lawn with chemicals" ; "treat an oil spill"propagate - cause to propagate, as by grafting or layering affect, bear upon, impact, bear on, touch on, touch - have an effect upon; "Will the new rules affect me?" nitrate - treat with nitric acid, so as to change an organic compound into a nitrate; "nitroglycerin is obtained by nitrating glycerol" tank - treat in a tank; "tank animal refuse" oxygenate, oxygenise, oxygenize, aerate - impregnate, combine, or supply with oxygen; "oxygenate blood" malt - treat with malt or malt extract; "malt beer" fluoridate, fluoridise, fluoridize - subject to fluoridation; treat with fluoride; "fluoridized water"; "fluoridize the teeth of children" creosote - treat with creosote; "creosoted wood" chlorinate - treat or combine with chlorine; "chlorinated water" carbonate - treat with carbon dioxide; "Carbonated soft drinks" camphorate - treat with camphor ammoniate - treat with ammonia scald - treat with boiling water; "scald tomatoes so that they can be peeled" refine - treat or prepare so as to put in a usable condition; "refine paper stock"; "refine pig iron"; "refine oil" reverberate - treat, process, heat, melt, or refine in a reverberatory furnace; "reverberate ore" curry - treat by incorporating fat; "curry tanned leather" seed - sprinkle with silver iodide particles to disperse and cause rain; "seed clouds" dose - treat with an agent; add (an agent) to; "The ray dosed the paint" chrome - treat with a chromium compound bituminise, bituminize - treat with bitumen run - cause to perform; "run a subject"; "run a process" carboxylate - treat (a chemical compound) with carboxyl or carboxylic acid beneficiate - process (ores or other raw materials), as by reduction digest - convert food into absorbable substances; "I cannot digest milk products" fumigate, fume - treat with fumes, expose to fumes, especially with the aim of disinfecting or eradicating pests air-condition - control the humidity and temperature of; "The room was cool because it had been air-conditioned" | |
| 3. |  treat - provide treatment for; "The doctor treated my broken leg"; "The nurses cared for the bomb victims"; "The patient must be treated right away or she will die"; "Treat the infection with antibiotics"hyperventilate - produce hyperventilation in; "The nurses had to hyperventilate the patient" massage - give a massage to; "She massaged his sore back" purge - excrete or evacuate (someone's bowels or body); "The doctor decided that the patient must be purged" correct - treat a defect; "The new contact lenses will correct for his myopia" insufflate - treat by blowing a powder or vapor into a bodily cavity irrigate - supply with a constant flow or sprinkling of some liquid, for the purpose of cooling, cleansing, or disinfecting; "irrigate the wound" doctor - give medical treatment to vet - provide (a person) with medical care nurse - try to cure by special care of treatment, of an illness or injury; "He nursed his cold with Chinese herbs" manipulate - treat manually, as with massage, for therapeutic purposed dispense, administer - give or apply (medications) dress - apply a bandage or medication to; "dress the victim's wounds" splint - support with a splint; "splint a broken finger" operate on, operate - perform surgery on; "The doctors operated on the patient but failed to save his life" leech, phlebotomise, phlebotomize, bleed - draw blood; "In the old days, doctors routinely bled patients as part of the treatment" shock - subject to electrical shocks pack - treat the body or any part of it by wrapping it, as with blankets or sheets, and applying compresses to it, or stuffing it to provide cover, containment, or therapy, or to absorb blood; "The nurse packed gauze in the wound"; "You had better pack your swollen ankle with ice" cauterise, cauterize, burn - burn, sear, or freeze (tissue) using a hot iron or electric current or a caustic agent; "The surgeon cauterized the wart" psychoanalyse, psychoanalyze, analyse, analyze - subject to psychoanalytic treatment; "I was analyzed in Vienna by a famous psychiatrist" | |
| 4. | treat - act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression; "This book deals with incest"; "The course covered all of Western Civilization"; "The new book treats the history of China" theologise, theologize - treat from a theological viewpoint or render theological in character discourse, discuss, talk about - to consider or examine in speech or writing; "The author talks about the different aspects of this question"; "The class discussed Dante's `Inferno'" do by, treat, handle - interact in a certain way; "Do right by her"; "Treat him with caution, please"; "Handle the press reporters gently" embrace, encompass, comprehend, cover - include in scope; include as part of something broader; have as one's sphere or territory; "This group encompasses a wide range of people from different backgrounds"; "this should cover everyone in the group" | |
| 5. |  treat - provide with a gift or entertainment; "Grandmother always treated us to the circus"; "I like to treat myself to a day at a spa when I am depressed" | |
| 6. |  treat - provide with choice or abundant food or drink; "Don't worry about the expensive wine--I'm treating"; "She treated her houseguests with good food every night"wine - treat to wine; "Our relatives in Italy wined and dined us for a week" alcoholize - subject to the influence of alcohol; "After we finished dinner, we were thoroughly alcoholized" cater, ply, provide, supply - give what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance; "The hostess provided lunch for all the guests" treat - provide with a gift or entertainment; "Grandmother always treated us to the circus"; "I like to treat myself to a day at a spa when I am depressed" | |
| 7. |  treat - engage in negotiations in order to reach an agreement; "they had to treat with the King"negociate - confer with another in order to come to terms or reach an agreement; "The parties negociated all night" | |
| 8. |  treat - regard or consider in a specific way; "I treated his advances as a joke" |
treat
verb 1. behave towards, deal with, handle, act towards, use, consider, serve, manage, regard, look upon
verb 2. take care of, minister to, attend to, give medical treatment to, doctor (informal) nurse, care for, medicate, prescribe medicine for, apply treatment to
verb 3. (often with to) provide, give, buy, stand (informal) pay for, entertain, feast, lay on, regale, wine and dine, take out for, foot or pay the bill
verb 4. negotiate, bargain, consult, have talks, confer, come to terms, parley, make a bargain, make terms
noun 5. entertainment, party, surprise, gift, celebration, feast, outing, excursion, banquet, refreshment
noun 6. pleasure, delight, joy, thrill, satisfaction, enjoyment, gratification, source of pleasure, fun
Translations
treat [triːt] n → petit cadeau, petite surprise
vt → traiter;
to treat sb to sth → offrir qch à qn;
to treat sth as a joke → prendre qch à la plaisanterie
treat [triːt] n (present) → (besonderes) Vergnügen nt
vt (also Med, Tech) → behandeln;
to treat sb to sth → jdm etw spendieren
treat [triːt] n → regalo
vt → trattare;
(MED) → curare (= consider); considerare;
to treat sb to sth → offrire qc a qn;
to treat sth as a joke → considerare qc uno scherzo
v treat [triːt]
1 to deal with, or behave towards (a thing or person), in a certain manner The soldiers treated me very well; The police are treating his death as a case of murder. hanteer, beskou يُعامِل отнасям се zacházet; považovat behandle behandeln μεταχειρίζομαι, φέρομαι, αντιμετωπίζω tratar kohtlema رفتار کردن kohdella, käsitellä traiter לְהִתנַהֵג כְּלַפֵּי- व्यवहार करना postupati s bánik (vkivel, vmivel); kezel (vkit, vmit) memperlakukan meðhöndla, koma fram við; líta á trattare 扱う 다루다, 대우하다 elgtis su, laikyti izturēties (pret kādu); uzskatīt (par kaut ko) memperlakukan behandelen behandle traktować tratar a trata обращаться; рассматривать zaobchádzať; považovať ravnati z; obravnavati tretirati behandla ปฏิบัติ davranmak 對待，把...看作... поводитися; ставитися معاملہ کرنا، برتاؤ کرنا đối xử 对待，把...看作...
2 to try to cure (a person or disease, injury etc) They treated her for a broken leg. behandel يُعالِج лекувам léčit behandle behandeln θεραπεύω tratar ravi(tse)ma درمان کردن hoitaa traiter לְטַפֵּל בְּ- मानना liječiti kezel merawat hafa til meðferðar trattare 手当てする 치료하다 gydyti ārstēt merawat behandelen behandle leczyć tratar a trata лечить liečiť zdraviti lečiti behandla รักษา tedavi etmek, bakmak 醫治 лікувати دوا علاج کرنا điều trị 医治
3 to put (something) through a process The woodwork has been treated with a new chemical. behandel يُعالِجُ مادَّةً обработвам zpracovat præparere behandeln επεξεργάζομαι tratar töötlema اضافه کردن käsitellä traiter לְעַבֵּד विवेचन करना obraditi, obrađivati kezel memroses meðhöndla, verka trattare 処理する (물질을) 처리하다 apdoroti, paveikti apstrādāt merawat bewerken behandle poddawać działaniu tratar a trata обрабатывать spracovať, upraviť obdelati tretirati behandla ทำตามกระบวนการ işlemek, kimyasal işleme tâbi tutmak 處理 обробляти, піддавати дії کسي عمل سے گزارنا xử lý, nghiên cứu, giải quyết 处理
4 to buy (a meal, present etc) for (someone) I'll treat you to lunch; She treated herself to a new hat. koop يدفَعُ ثَمَن وَجْبَةِ شَخْصٍ черпя pozvat; koupit give (sich)spendieren κερνώ invitar, convidar kostitama مهمان کردن tarjota offrir לְכַבֵּד, לְהזמִין चिकित्सा करना častiti, pogostiti megvendégel mentraktir gera (e-m) dagamun, bjóða upp á offrire おごる 대접하다, 사다 pavaišinti, nupirkti izmaksāt; iepriecināt (ar kaut ko) belanja trakteren spandere zafundować, postawić oferecer a oferi, a face cinste угощать; доставлять удовольствие pozvať; kúpiť povabiti; kupiti (si) častiti bjuda ซื้อให้ ikram etmek, ısmarlamak 款待，請客 пригощати, частувати خريدنا mời ai ăn cơm 款待，请客
5 to write or speak about; to discuss. bespreek يَبْحَثُ обсъждам pojednat o behandle; drøfte behandeln πραγματεύομαι tratar (de) käsitlema مذاکره کردن käsitellä traiter de לָדוּן संसोधित करना raspravljati, govoriti tárgyal (témát) membahas ræða, skrifa trattardi di 論じる 논하다, 표현하다 aptarinėti, analizuoti aplūkot; aprakstīt; iztirzāt membincangkan aan de orde stellen behandle, handle om, drøfte podjąć tratar de a dezbate обговаривать hovoriť o; písať o razpravljati raspravljati avhandla, behandla เขียนหรือพูดเกี่ยวกับ; สนทนา tartışmak, müzakere etmek 交涉，商議 трактувати; проводити переговори کسي چيز کے متعلق لکھنا يا گفتگو کرنا đề cập, thảo luận 交涉，商议
n
something that gives pleasure, eg an arranged outing, or some special food He took them to the theatre as a treat. verrassing, plesier مُتْعَه، وَليمَه، وَجْبَه почерпка příjemné překvapení traktement; overraskelse das Extravergnügen απόλαυση, χαρά, κέρασμα regalo meelehea, nauding مهمانی herkku, nautinto gâterie תַעֲנוּג आनन्द velik užitak, čašćenje (ritka) élvezet acara hiburan skemmtun, dagamunur regalo もてなし 접대 kažkas malonaus, dovana cienasts; dāvana belanja traktatie noe en spanderer; traktement frajda regalo rând удовольствие príjemné prekvapenie priboljšek čast [] överraskning, begivenhet อาหารที่น่ารับประทาน ikram, ısmarlama 請客 частування, пригощання لطف کي چيز sự đối đãi 请客
n treatment
(an) act or manner of treating This chair seems to have received rough treatment; This patient/disease requires urgent treatment. behandeling مُعامَلَه، تَصَرُّف، سُلوك обаробтка zacházení; léčení behandling die Behandlung μεταχείριση, αντιμετώπιση, επεξεργασία trato; tratamiento kohtlemine, käsitlus, ravi طرز برخورد؛ درمان kohtelu, käsittely, hoito traitement טִיפּוּל बर्ताव liječenje bánásmód perlakuan meðferð trattamento 取扱い 취급, 치료 elgesys, gydymas izturēšanās; apiešanās; ārstēšana perlakuan; rawatan behandeling behandling traktowanie, leczenie, zabieg tratamento tratament обращение; лечение zaobchádzanie; liečenie obdelava; zdravljenje tretman behandling, vård การดูแล muamele, davranış; tedavi 處理，治療 ставлення; лікування برتاؤ sự đối xử 处理，治疗
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