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- Dictionarytreat/triːt/
verb
- 1. behave towards or deal with in a certain way: "she had been brutally treated" Similar
- 2. give medical care or attention to; try to heal or cure: "the two were treated for cuts and bruises" Similar
noun
- 1. an event or item that is out of the ordinary and gives great pleasure: "he wanted to take her to the pictures as a treat" Similar
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TREAT definition: 1. to behave towards someone or deal with something in a particular way: 2. to use drugs…. Learn more.
1. a. : to deal with in speech or writing : expound. b. : to present or represent artistically. c. : to deal with : handle. food is plentiful and treated with imagination—Cecil Beaton. 2. a. : to bear oneself toward : use. treat a horse cruelly. b.
to behave toward someone or deal with something in a particular way: My parents treated us all the same when we were kids. He treated his wife very badly. treat someone/something as if It's wrong to treat animals as if they had no feelings.
If you treat someone or something in a particular way, you behave towards them in that way. Stop treating me like a child. American English : treat / ˈtrit /
treat. (trēt) v. treat·ed, treat·ing, treats. v.tr. 1. To act or behave in a specified manner toward: treated me fairly. 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.
Definition of treat verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
TREAT definition: 1. to behave towards or deal with someone in a particular way: 2. to consider something in a…. Learn more.
verb (used with object) to act or behave toward (a person) in some specified way: to treat someone with respect. to consider or regard in a specified way, and deal with accordingly: to treat a matter as unimportant. to deal with (a disease, patient, etc.) in order to relieve or cure.
1 to behave in a particular way toward someone or something treat somebody/something (with something) to treat people with respect/consideration/suspicion, etc. Treat your keyboard with care and it should last for years. treat somebody/something like something My parents still treat me like a child. treat somebody/something as something) He was ...
Medicine to deal with (a disease, etc.) to relieve or cure: [~ + object] new ways to treat AIDS. to perform an action or process on (something) to bring about a result: [ ~ + object ] to treat a substance with an acid.
