treat

treat¹ W1S2 [tri:t] v [T]

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1¦(behave towards somebody/something)¦

2¦(deal with something)¦

3¦(illness/injury)¦

4¦(buy something for somebody)¦

5¦(protect/clean)¦

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[Date: 1200-1300; : Old French; Origin: traitier, from Latin tractare; TRACTABLE]

1.) ¦(BEHAVE TOWARDS SOMEBODY/SOMETHING)¦ [always + adverb/preposition]

to behave towards someone or something in a particular way

→↑treatment treat sb like/as sth

▪ She treats me like one of the family.

▪ Penny doesn't think her co-workers treat her as an equal.

▪ He treated his automobiles almost as tenderly as he did his wife.

badly treated/well treated

▪ The prisoners were well treated by their guards.

treat sb with respect/contempt/courtesy etc

▪ Despite her seniority, Margot was never treated with much respect.

treat sb like dirt/a dog

(=treat someone unkindly and without respect)

▪ I don't know why he stays with her - she treats him like dirt.

2.) ¦(DEAL WITH SOMETHING)¦ [always + adverb/preposition]

to deal with, regard, or consider something in a particular way

→↑treatment treat sth as sth

▪ Please treat this information as completely confidential.

▪ She treats everything I say as a joke.

treat sth favourably/seriously/carefully etc

▪ Any complaint about safety standards must be treated very seriously.

3.) ¦(ILLNESS/INJURY)¦

to try to cure an illness or injury by using drugs, hospital care, operations etc

→↑treatment

▪ It was difficult to treat patients because of a shortage of medicine.

treat sb with sth

▪ Nowadays, malaria can be treated with drugs.

4.) ¦(BUY SOMETHING FOR SOMEBODY)¦

to buy or do something special for someone that you know they will enjoy

treat sb to sth

▪ We treated Mom to lunch at the Savoy.

▪ I treated myself to a new dress.

5.) ¦(PROTECT/CLEAN)¦

to put a special substance on something or use a chemical process in order to protect, clean, or preserve it

→↑treatment

▪ sewage treated so that it can be used as fertilizer

→↑trick or treat

treat ²

treat² n

1.)

something special that you give someone or do for them because you know they will enjoy it

as a treat

▪ Steven took his son to a cricket match as a birthday treat.

2.) [singular]

an event that gives you a lot of pleasure and is usually unexpected

▪ When we were kids, a trip to the beach was a real treat .

3.)

a special food that tastes good, especially one that you do not eat very often

▪ The cafe serves an assortment of gourmet treats.

4.) my treat

spoken used to tell someone that you will pay for something such as a meal for them

▪ Let's go out to lunch - my treat.

5.) go down a treat

BrE informal if something goes down a treat, people like it very much

▪ That new vegetarian restaurant seems to be going down a treat.

6.) look/work a treat

BrE informal to look very good or work very well

▪ The sports ground looked a treat, with all the flags flying.