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treat

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verb

ˈtrēt How to pronounce treat (audio)
treated; treating; treats

transitive verb

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 regard and deal with in a specified manner
—usually used with as
treat the matter as confidential
3
a
: to provide with free food, drink, or entertainment
they treated us to lunch
b
: to provide with enjoyment or gratification
4
: to care for or deal with medically or surgically
treat a disease
5
: to act upon with some agent especially to improve or alter
treat a metal with acid

intransitive verb

1
: to pay another's expenses (as for a meal or drink) especially as a compliment or as an expression of regard or friendship
2
: to discuss terms of accommodation or settlement : negotiate
3
: to deal with a matter especially in writing : discourse
—usually used with of
a book treating of conservation
treater noun

treat

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noun

1
a
: the act of providing another with free food, drink, or entertainment
dinner will be my treat
b
: an entertainment given without expense to those invited
2
: an especially unexpected source of joy, delight, or amusement
seeing her again was a treat

Synonyms

Verb

Noun

Example Sentences

Verb The author treats this issue in the next chapter. This situation must be treated with great care. I try to treat everyone equally. She treats the horse cruelly. They treated me like a member of their family. I was treated like a queen. My parents still treat me like a child. Try to treat everyone as an equal. Young people should always treat their elders with respect. Let's go out to dinner. I'll treat. Noun We took the kids to the water park as a special treat. cookies and other tasty treats She rewarded the dog with a treat. See More
Recent Examples on the Web
Verb
Here, more explicitly than in her portrait of Ray, Aviv joins an existing discourse about psychopharmacology, raising by now familiar concerns about the overmedication of Americans, and the impulse to treat regular human unhappiness as pathological. Jordan Kisner, The Atlantic, 13 Sep. 2022 Media coverage, with a few exceptions, tends to treat candidate and super PAC spending as virtually equivalent. Walter Shapiro, The New Republic, 9 Sep. 2022 Henry’s dire solution had been to sever England from the Roman church, create a new Church of England with himself at its head, and treat Catholics as enemies of the state. John Garth, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Sep. 2022 That said, my own taste runs toward movies that don’t treat anti-Black violence as a vehicle for a white woman’s emotional and psychological deliverance — a narrative turn that’s frankly a gross insult to both characters. Justin Chang, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2022 There are no absolutes in filmmaking — although sometimes people treat subjects as such — but there are no absolutes in it as an art form. Josh Chesler, SPIN, 1 Sep. 2022 Europe’s addiction to Russian gas was built on the fiction that the Kremlin would always treat energy as a commercial matter. The Editorial Board, WSJ, 2 Sep. 2022 But the opportunity to treat the site as a blank slate, rather than being bound to house state employees, could be a positive for city officials, Brodie said. Emily Opilo, Baltimore Sun, 2 Sep. 2022 Speaking from Lakeland, near Tampa, the Republican governor spoke about the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's review of an application to get medications to treat a number of ailments as part of the Canadian drug importation program. Louis Casiano, Fox News, 31 Aug. 2022
Noun
Tye’s team then taught mice to associate a tone with either a treat or a shock. Yasemin Saplakoglu, Quanta Magazine, 7 Sep. 2022 Fill each bag with a treat or treasure, and then tie the bags onto the branches. Megan Boettcher, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Aug. 2022 Working with an energetic, bright, fun and diverse group of people all interested in journalism has been a real treat. Jarrette Werk, oregonlive, 6 Aug. 2022 This handheld snack makes the ultimate to-go lunch, picnic snack, beach treat or appetizer for any dinner. Jess Eng, Washington Post, 20 July 2022 Try giving your cat a treat or a toy immediately after the pain to distract them. Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 6 July 2022 Grab a sweet treat (or three) at one of several spots in and around the Berkshires. Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 8 May 2022 Job description: Diagnose, treat, or research diseases and injuries of animals. Zachary Smith, cleveland, 29 Mar. 2022 Simpson says flight attendants love an unexpected treat or goodie bag from passengers. Natalie B. Compton, Anchorage Daily News, 22 Dec. 2021 See More

Word History

Etymology

Verb

Middle English treten, from Anglo-French treter, traiter, traitier, from Latin tractare to drag about, handle, deal with, frequentative of trahere to drag, pull

First Known Use

Verb

14th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 2

Noun

1651, in the meaning defined at sense 1b

Time Traveler
The first known use of treat was in the 14th century

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