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Definition: Meaning of, treat in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / triːt /

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Prsesent Past Past Participle
treat treated treated
Present Participle Third Person Singular
treating treats
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  1. behave towards somebody/something [always + adverb/preposition] to behave towards someone or something in a particular way [↪  treatment]
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  2. deal with something [always + adverb/preposition] to deal with, regard, or consider something in a particular way [↪  treatment]
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  3. illness/injury to try to cure an illness or injury by using drugs, hospital care, operations etc [↪  treatment]
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  4. buy something for somebody to buy or do something special for someone that you know they will enjoy
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  5. protect/clean to put a special substance on something or use a chemical process in order to protect, clean, or preserve it [↪  treatment]
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treat treats
  1. [countable] something special that you give someone or do for them because you know they will enjoy it
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  2. [singular] an event that gives you a lot of pleasure and is usually unexpected
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  3. [countable] a special food that tastes good, especially one that you do not eat very often
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  4. my treat spoken used to tell someone that you will pay for something such as a meal for them
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  5. go down a treat British English informal if something goes down a treat, people like it very much
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  6. look/work a treat British English informal to look very good or work very well
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treat used in phrases

  • Dutch treat (noun)
    1. a dinner where each person pays for his own
  • Robert Treat Paine (noun)
    1. 1731-1814 american Revolutionary leader and signer of the Declaration of Independence
  • ill-treat (verb)
    1. to be cruel to someone, especially to a child or animal
  • trick or treat (verb)
    1. go trick or treating if children go trick or treating, they dress in COSTUME s and go from house to house on HALLOWEEN saying 'trick or treat' in order to get sweets
    2. the words that children say when they go trick or TREATing, to say that they will play a trick on someone if they are not given a TREAT (= sweet)
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treat used in phrasal verbs

  • treat with (phrasal verb)
    1. treat with someone to have a formal discussion with someone in order to try to reach an agreement about something
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