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Definition of treat in English: treatverb triːttrit [with object]1Behave towards or deal with in a certain way. she had been brutally treated he treated her with grave courtesy Example sentencesExamples - She treated me with all the respect accorded more high profile visitors.
- You have frequently treated me with indifference and made me feel unwelcome.
- They treated us with dignity, they treated us as if we were human.
- She had treated me with contempt, and the only way to cope with my feelings was to be hateful towards her.
- For far too long they've plundered the pockets of the citizens of this country and treated us with utter disrespect.
- Young people are quite capable of knowing the moral quality of that choice, yet we are in a society that patronises them by treating them as if they have no capacity to understand the nature of their actions.
- People treated us with respect and we treated them with respect, you know?
- She slept with them even though they treated her with contempt.
- It is a credit to our high school teachers who treated us with the same respect they might treat their colleagues, no matter how crazy our ideas might have been.
- Even his wife was surprised, since he had only ever treated her with gentleness.
- I always get him into trouble by saying he's a great reporter, because people think he treated us with a soft touch.
- I've treated him with the respect that he probably didn't deserve, and it wasn't easy.
- So far we have treated the issue as if it concerned the debtor alone.
- His audience treated him with caution and courtesy, while its skepticism and impatience steadily increased.
- The youngsters were wonderful and treated me with great respect, which is more than I can say for some of the teachers - because I was on my own.
- So when she gave birth to her second son several years later in Sheffield she treated him with kid gloves, determined nothing would ever happen to him.
- Instead she targeted the very people who treated her with such compassion.
- She knows all 150 players personally, by name, and treats them as if they were her own children.
- It was a huge honour for me, and I felt a great deal of pressure but at the same time he treated me with respect with regard to my work.
- Another kind of justice is concerned with treating people as they deserve.
Synonyms behave towards, act towards, conduct oneself towards, use, serve deal with, handle, manage - 1.1treat something as Regard something as being of a specified nature with implications for one's actions concerning it.
the names are being treated as classified information Example sentencesExamples - Why not then treat our personal information as private property?
- This is due to the trusting nature of the email system which treats every incoming connection as a valid connection.
- I treated that information as plausible conjecture and afforded it credibility as such.
- Summarising, political correctness is a one-way street: they may use every form of rudeness but we must treat their concerns as sacred; this must be fought.
- While utilitarianism may have unequal effects on people, it can nonetheless claim to be motivated by a concern for treating people as equals.
- The sport's governing body treats such tests as assessing health, but they are regarded by anti-doping bodies as a proxy for detecting drug use.
- Will the Councillors ignore these people by treating their concerns as only emotional and with contempt go ahead with the Emigrant Creek effluent disposal option?
- Indeed, for many years environmental concerns were treated as an irritant by most officials in charge of lending operations.
- Additionally, they treat such information as a snapshot of material to be worked on, not as decisive.
- Householders are reminded that all information they provide for the survey will be treated as strictly confidential and used for statistical purposes only.
- Police initially treated the case as a missing person inquiry but mounting concern prompted a forensic examination of her home.
- The concept was to treat the global network as if it were one giant information space.
- I treated this information as a safety net in that it reassured me that the price we were suggesting for a contract was realistic based on previous project costs.
- During the past few decades, as far as novels are concerned, none treated the masses as the principal actors.
- The first person to give a clear presentation of the implications of treating declarative sentences as being neither true nor false was the Polish logician Jan Lukasiewicz in 1920.
- I agree that this was a proper approach as it treats the corporation as a going concern and values its assets accordingly.
- Much organization theory implicitly treats organizations as actors and managers as instruments through which organizations pursue their interests.
- Immunisation regulations do not treat de facto partners as parents when providing information about their child's immunisation status.
- If not then they too should treat such information as mischievous.
- She found that prior to the awarding of the contract, the commissioner has treated the information as confidential.
Synonyms regard, consider, view, look on put down as - 1.2 Present or discuss (a subject)
the issue is more fully treated in chapter five Example sentencesExamples - A subtle colourist, he treated melancholy subjects in a fairytale manner, with fanciful and delicate landscapes.
- Nevertheless, the end of the great age of empires undoubtedly has profound implications for the way in which the subject will be treated in future.
- Subjects are not treated thematically, but rather simply as they occurred in Clinton's day.
- Little wonder, then, when television - the ultimate in consumption - treats a subject it very often does so by history.
- And, of course, whose authoritative record are we referring to when treating a controversial subject?
- It is not just a matter of what subjects are explored by male and female authors, but how identical subjects are treated by them.
- It does not treat the subject in any depth, nor does it present existing knowledge in a novel and accessible manner.
- Here thematic chapters treat topics such as manors and granges, woods and parks, gardens and vineyards, and towns and transport, setting out in a big, fat book a valuable overview.
- The film has its moments, but as a whole, even while treating a subject that ought to arouse considerable passion, it generates relatively little heat.
- In my future work this subject shall be treated, as it well deserves, at much greater length.
- Most introductory texts on ethical, legal, and professional issues treat the subjects more comprehensively.
- The comedian, who often treats the subject of terrorism in his material, has said the killing changed his outlook on life.
- And it succeeds in treating this often delicate subject head-on but with the lightness of touch that you would expect from The Motley Fool.
- Other forms of secular polyphonic song, mostly treating the subject of courtly love, evolved at the end of the 13th century.
- Indeed, the subject has mostly been treated tangentially by authors whose principle interests lie elsewhere.
- The second chapter treats the apparently obligatory discussion of natural revelation, before the author returns to the topic of culture.
- At the end of the book Domninus says that he intends to treat some of the subjects more fully in Elements of Arithmetic but it is not known if he ever wrote it!
- Chapter 6 treats the topic of ovarian function in women.
- The chapters do treat these issues briefly and with circumspection, but Leneman could have been bolder in pushing her analysis in this direction.
- Each chapter in this book treats a specialized topic having to do with high-speed signal propagation.
Synonyms deal with, be about, cover, be concerned with, concern itself with, discuss, write/speak/talk about, go into, explore, investigate, tackle, handle touch on, refer to consider, study, review, analyse, critique
2Give medical care or attention to; try to heal or cure. the two were treated for cuts and bruises Example sentencesExamples - Some cases are treated with systemic agents, under close monitoring.
- About half of these are treated for cure, and half for palliation.
- Nationally around 50,000 people are treated with the drugs, the most widely used of which is donepezil that is sold under the trade name of Aricept.
- In the West, precocious puberty is sometimes treated with regular injections to slow down physical development.
- Within a week he was in intensive care, being treated for blood poisoning.
- His horse was treated with a sedative four weeks before the Games and he had been assured by his vet that all traces would be purged from its system by the time O'Connor entered the arena.
- Her physical health is good in that she is not currently being treated for any medical condition, having had a thorough assessment at the hospital one year ago.
- Teratoma patients are mostly treated with chemotherapy, which requires being in hospital for a few days every three weeks to be injected with chemicals.
- At first doctors there thought he had croup and treated him with steroids but a CT scan revealed tumours on his lungs.
- The drug was withdrawn earlier this year when it emerged that two patients being treated with the drug had died of a brain infection.
- Patients who do receive care are often treated with substandard, even harmful, medicine.
- We treated him with cream, painkillers and antibiotics.
- He explained that his daughter was treated with an oral supplement that was purchased over the internet from a US-based laboratory.
- Now syphilis is readily treated with antibiotics if detected.
- Patients are initially treated with appropriate antibiotic therapy.
- I am being treated with some anti-epilepsy drugs that have some success in treating neuropathic pain.
- In my first visit, he treated me with acupuncture to reduce the heat of my hives and gave me Chinese herbs and homeopathic remedies.
- It is treated with physiotherapy, osteopathy, chiropody and surgery or a combination of treatments.
- It is nursing which has shown ways to involve parents in the care of their children who are being treated for cancer.
- She says 2,000 Chinese addicts were treated with the non-narcotic to cope with withdrawal pains.
Synonyms attend to, tend, minister to, nurse, give treatment to prescribe medicine for, medicate, dose informal doctor cure, heal, remedy, make better 3Apply a process or a substance to (something) to protect or preserve it or to give it particular properties. the lawns were treated with weedkiller every year Example sentencesExamples - They are treated with mild chemicals like rosin, alum, starches, etc., and dried in the sun.
- It is applied to poultry flocks by a method known as ‘fogging’ in which sheds housing the birds are treated with a fine spray.
- It is produced naturally in plants in response to pathogens, which may be more common in organic vegetables because they are not treated with pesticides.
- Plants were also treated with the fungicide mefenoxam.
- The experimental group is treated with a vaccine known to protect against the infection.
- Tomatoes are treated with ethylene chloride gas to make them look red.
- Apricots are usually treated with sulphur dioxide, a preservative, before being sun dried.
- Moths are usually treated with a smoke or spray application.
- They aren't treated with growth hormones or antibiotics, and they don't contain additives.
Synonyms prime, prepare, process, cover 4treat someone toProvide someone with (food, drink, or entertainment) at one's own expense. he treated her to a slap-up lunch Example sentencesExamples - Soon after he treated me to a drink and took me home.
- Cabaret songs were not the only type of entertainment they were treated to; pantomimes, monologues, and even shadow plays augmented the presentations.
- After the drama at the start of the second half, we were treated to a more entertaining spectacle, with both teams pressing for a second and gaps appearing all over the pitch.
- Meanwhile, visitors to Skipton were treated to a weekend of entertainment at the town's second Waterways Festival.
- However, before our food arrived we were treated to an ‘Amuse Bouche’ of cherry tomato with mozzarella and basil with Balsamic vinegar and virgin olive oil.
- At the various delivery points, the consignee often treated them to food and drink in return for other messages carried for him on the side.
- Thus, we were treated to complimentary popcorn and drinks and a general attitude of being better than everybody else.
- SIR - What a fantastic, long afternoon of musical entertainment Thornton Vocal Union treated us to at St George's Hall on December 12.
- And when I treated her to some food and got to talking to her, she grew on me.
- Meanwhile, back at the car park, we were treated to some splendid entertainment courtesy of the lads and lassies from the three competing nations.
- I can treat you to French food and wine and pastries and other things that are different than the food you have here.
- They had a gradual progression going and week after week we were treated to an entertaining show.
- He'd treated her to the expensive meal, and was now taking her to the theatre to see the play that they'd been talking about the night before.
- She led him towards the bar so that he could treat her to a drink.
- We were welcomed by church leaders, given a brief understanding of the basic procedures to respect the followers attending the service, and afterwards we were treated to drinks, food and a chance to ask individuals about their faith.
- However, I became emboldened and next treated them to a large amount of food and drink because I had many tickets.
- The owner of the hotel decided to treat us to a bit of entertainment.
- When they reached the Market Square they dismounted the bike and started on the 5km run around Clonnkedagh, where they were treated to some great entertainment and encouragement by the Samba Band.
- After they received their award they were treated to a buffet and drinks.
- We've just got back from staying with my family in Hertfordshire where we were treated to food, drink, good company and lots of games.
Synonyms buy, take out for, stand, give pay for, pay/foot the bill for entertain, wine and dine regale with, entertain with/by, fete with, amuse with/by, divert with/by - 4.1 Give someone (something) as a favour.
he treated her to one of his smiles Example sentencesExamples - Judge for yourself as the Gang of Three treat us to their own favourite jokes.
- I only wish that the ‘new’ Crikey was sufficiently financed to send Therese around the world so we might be treated to even more of her unique brand of cultural insight.
- So I climbed some 300 steps to get to the top, where I was treated to some gorgeous views of the Thai capital.
- If the water is low and the wind favourable, they will be treated to a magnificent view of the falls and the yawning abyss below the Zambezi Bridge.
- If Tony is really lucky, Silvio might treat him to a rendition of his favourite Neapolitan songs.
- 4.2treat oneself Do or have something that gives one great pleasure.
treat yourself—you can diet tomorrow Example sentencesExamples - Watch the movie, read the book, and you're treating yourself to a bittersweet experience, but one that'll be worth a repeat dose.
- I just love treating myself to some good health and environmental ethics now and then.
- It's worth treating yourself to some pampering.
- ‘The idea is that they are getting some products for free, so the shopper will perhaps splash out on a gift for someone or treat themselves to a luxury item they would not usually purchase,’ he said.
- In blazing sunshine, punters packed the Berkshire racecourse sipping champagne and treating themselves to portions of strawberries and cream.
- An overweight widower in declining health, he lives alone, walks with a cane, treats himself to good cigars and talks to photographs of his dead wife.
- They may choose the hard seat, or, if ‘splurging’ (to use backpackerese), treat themselves to the hard sleeper.
- Rich people in the throes of divorce are prone to giving away money to relatives and friends or treating themselves to a new house or yacht.
- Quote: ‘A shipping clerk earning $25,000 a year treats herself to silk pajamas at Victoria's Secret.’
- We are a chocolate shop but people aren't going to think about stopping and treating themselves if they're racing to get away from the smell.
- Yorkshire people emerged as being most likely to put off starting a pension, and they were also most likely to waste money treating themselves now.
- A fellow treats himself and his true love to dinner, a bottle and a night at the bug house at the end of another week of hard work and dutiful child-rearing, comes home happy and at peace, and what does he find?
- I hope none of your theatre-going readers were deterred from treating themselves to a thoroughly enjoyable evening.
- Whatever restaurant you eat in, whether its posh or not, the fact remains… you are treating yourself and it will cost more than if you made it at home.
- Due to family commitments, the newly-weds didn't manage a honeymoon but Tom, now 73, and Doreen, 75, plan on treating themselves this time around.
- Admission is free and open to anyone interested in finding that unique gift for Christmas or treating themselves to a little something.
- Speaking of our fair city, December wouldn't be complete without a reminder to please drop off a few non-perishables to your local food bank before treating yourself to life's finer things.
- And it's not just celebrities who are treating themselves to a few sparklers.
- So today we're back in Copenhagen treating ourselves to a spa.
Synonyms treat oneself, give oneself a treat, luxuriate in something, give oneself up to pleasure
5no object Negotiate terms with someone, especially an opponent. propagandists claimed that he was treating with the enemy Example sentencesExamples - He has 60 days from the receipt of the recommendations and three options in treating with the authority: accept, reject or modify.
- Father had had to find refuge with the people he had just been treating with.
- But even it is treating with Mammon this year.
- That is treating, and it is treating with taxpayers' money.
- And now, because they are behaving like the yobbos they really are, we'll punish them by no longer treating with them.
Synonyms negotiate, discuss terms, have talks, consult, parley, talk, confer make a bargain, bargain
noun triːttrit 1An event or item that is out of the ordinary and gives great pleasure. he wanted to take her to the pictures as a treat Example sentencesExamples - Only a quarter of women feel they can rely on their partners to help them escape by organising a surprise trip or treat.
- The illustrations are another treat and bear many surprises.
- Adding to his pleasure was the repeated treat of sleeping in his own bed.
- I'm going to save the listening pleasure for a treat at the end of exams.
- If you want a trip with a difference, perhaps for a birthday gift or surprise anniversary treat, then these new products should suit you perfectly.
- To have all these impromptu pleasures on a Wednesday night is such a treat!
- Over 150 varieties of irises hold court for the garden visitor, a surprising visual treat.
- And as a special DVD treat, look for the completed version of the party clown documentary that started this whole thing.
- But don't let that put you off; it's an entertaining and varied treat, leftfield music of the most listenable variety.
- The movie is a treat for adults and children alike.
- The story is told in splendid pictures - a treat to read to the young folk and to enjoy yourself.
- It's an old-fashioned cinematic treat, and certainly one of the greatest surprises of the year.
- The literary thriller is a double treat for book lovers: you get to curl up with a sophisticated thriller and a book about books.
- While most toddlers might get a trip to the pictures for their birthday treat, Brooklyn's superstar mum and dad have hired out the whole cinema for his big day.
- Emmerich's reign at the top of the mega-movie empire doesn't show any signs of dissipating with this unmissable treat, which is every bit as entertaining as was hoped.
- For those who love movies, the treat couldn't have been any better.
- Still, The Missouri Breaks is a rich, leisurely treat, with huge surprises.
- A treat is in store for the audience at her breakfast event.
- This is no ordinary musician and a huge treat is in store for those who will attend.
- A breathtaking display of flowers in their varied forms and colours was a delightful treat for the visitors who thronged the YWCA grounds throughout the day.
Synonyms celebration, entertainment, amusement, diversion surprise party, excursion, outing present, gift titbit, delicacy, little something, luxury, indulgence, extravagance informal goodie pleasure, source of pleasure, delight, thrill, joy - 1.1one's treat An act of treating someone to something.
‘My treat,’ he insisted, reaching for the bill - 1.2North American A sweet, biscuit, or other item of sweet food.
Example sentencesExamples - Ice cream, sherbet, cookies and other sweet treats often come in no-fat or low-fat varieties.
- They're a particularly great treat to pass out at parties because of the no-mess, no-plates factor.
- And Mrs Habgood suggests eating sweet treats and Christmas pudding at tea-time.
- To make eating more satisfying, Schatz suggests utilizing a greater variety of flavors and cutting back on salty foods and sweet treats.
- It was a small but nice cup of sips that helped me take a break from intensive waves of sweet and cold treats.
- The other chocolate treats of Torino are Bicerin and gelato.
- Save room for a dessert treat because the hot macadamia nut cookie is delicious.
- Christmas cakes, boxes of biscuits and other seasonal treats are also a welcomed addition during the Christmas season.
- It has arranged a packed programme of events, treats and visits during the children's stay.
- As the weather cools, take comfort in these autumnal treats.
- A sweet treat on an empty stomach may trigger blood-sugar changes and energy swings, so it's best to enjoy it after a meal containing fibre.
- The horse will start to look forward to the treat prior to the event.
- Let's face it; Halloween has tricks, treats and lots of sweet meats.
- On this date in 2004 we were sharing our experiences of making Thanksgiving sweets, candies and treats.
- Around the holidays, butter sales tend to spike when many people pick up a few extra pounds of butter for their annual run of cookies, pies and other sweet treats.
- For dessert, Emma served up tasty treats, ‘peach delights’.
- Seasonal treats include candies, cookies, fruits, nuts, food snacks and drinks which overflow the gift basket.
- Last weekend, the Easter Bunny made a special stop on the North Shore with a mission to leave chocolate and other candy treats.
- Try to limit sweets and chocolate treats to just a couple of times a day.
- The list goes on with pages to cover pasta, vegetables, cookies, muffins, desserts, children's food and Xmas treats.
Synonyms delicacy, tasty morsel, titbit, fancy, luxury, nibble, savoury, appetizer, bonne bouche, confection, bonbon
Phrases 1informal Do something specified very well or satisfactorily. their tactics worked a treat Example sentencesExamples - But for sending and receiving e-mails, it works a treat, provided you can live without attachments.
- This may not be the medically recommended solution, but all I can say is that - on the fortunately rare occasions when it is needed - it works a treat for me.
- Lunges are a little tricky because obviously I can't bend the prosthetic ankle but aside from that it works a treat - very sturdy and responsive.
- Monkhouse's new tactic worked a treat as she went on to take the set 5-3 to force a best-of-three-ends shoot-out.
- The tactics worked a treat, as his mount stormed away in the closing stages.
- Bottom club York stunned third-placed Sheffield with their tactics of tight defence and speedy breakouts working a treat.
- As a way of keeping the jackdaws at bay, it works a treat.
- If Queensland had deliberately targeted Johnson's suspect temperament ahead of the Test series, as some feared they might, then the tactic worked a treat initially.
- Anyway she sent this new thing and it works a treat.
- So their visit to the north east was strictly a damage-limitation exercise - and to that extent their tactics worked a treat.
- 1.1Look attractive.
he looked a treat in his suit and bowler hat Example sentencesExamples - He is 23 years young, like myself, and is just damn cute and sweet and looks a treat out there on the court.
- Silk trees are looking a treat at the moment, and despite their feathery foliage and powderpuff flowers they love the heat and are a perfect small tree for sunny back yards.
- The first has all 15 episodes of the original 1949 B & R theatrical serial over its two discs and looks a treat.
- A circular walk has been marked out and on the day of my visit in mid-March the sun was shining above a blue sky and the park looked a treat.
- But it is a vast improvement on the post-war British version of the tale, it looks a treat and boasts a fantastic cast of character actors sinking their teeth into Dickens' gallery of grotesques and unfortunates.
- It is now looking at its best at the moment with its bright red berries looking a treat.
- ‘I got a little detergent and started cleaning it with a tissue and now he/she looks a treat,’ he said.
- All bright lights and slick moves, the film looks a treat as it offers a highly theatrical, stylised recreation of the lawless Roaring Twenties.
- However, the film looks a treat, Jack McElhone is an expressive, unaffected child actor and Gibb makes sure that the film still takes a persuasive hold on the heartstrings.
- The Christmas Lights were turned on in Clonaslee last week and along with the new street lanterns look a treat.
Regard something as unimportant. this is a serious matter and he can't treat it lightly Example sentencesExamples - The consulting center, in turn, tended to treat its role too lightly.
- Tillage farmers have an additional source of danger, which they often can treat far too lightly - the handling of spray chemicals.
- For children to turn up in multitudes to register their anger at adults should not be treated lightly.
- In addition, rape is often treated lightly in Mexico.
- The couple believe the girl, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, was treated too lightly by the courts.
- Nevertheless, the significance of money should not be treated lightly.
- Yet on Tuesday, he did us proud by standing up to the smear merchants of a Senate Committee which has treated justice lightly.
- Most people do not, in fact, treat sex lightly.
- He is not, then, someone who treats civil liberties lightly.
- Somehow the director, despite her undoubted sincerity, treats the events too lightly.
Synonyms minimize, play down, underplay, make light of, make little of, dismiss, underestimate, undervalue, devalue, laugh off, belittle, trivialize, treat as unimportant, think little of, deprecate, scoff at
Derivatives noun So it has been practiced for a very long time, but more often by treaters who have worked for more than 10 years. Example sentencesExamples - One of the government's lawyers told the judge that it is clear this individual has withheld information from his treaters.
- He does not think patients seeking disability benefits are more entitled than other patients, but believes patients in general feel increasingly entitled and have greater expectations of treaters.
- When you go door-to-door to score free candy, also ask your treater for any old eyeglasses.
- If I waste all this time being angry with my treaters, regardless of whether I am right or not, well what does it achieve?
Origin Middle English (in the senses 'negotiate' and 'discuss a subject'): from Old French traitier, from Latin tractare 'handle', frequentative of trahere 'draw, pull'. The current noun sense dates from the mid 17th century. Treat is first recorded with the meanings ‘negotiate’ and ‘discuss (a subject)’. It is from Old French traitier, from Latin tractare ‘handle’. The sense ‘event that gives great pleasure’ dates from the mid 17th century, developing via the senses ‘treatment of guests’ and the entertainment you put on for them. Late Middle English treatise is also from Old French traitier, while treaty (Late Middle English), and tract (Late Middle English) are related.
Rhymes accrete, autocomplete, beet, bittersweet, bleat, cheat, cleat, clubfeet, compete, compleat, complete, conceit, Crete, deceit, delete, deplete, discreet, discrete, eat, effete, élite, entreat, escheat, estreat, excrete, feat, feet, fleet, gîte, greet, heat, leat, leet, Magritte, maltreat, marguerite, meat, meet, meet-and-greet, mesquite, mete, mistreat, neat, outcompete, peat, Pete, petite, pleat, receipt, replete, sangeet, seat, secrete, sheet, skeet, sleet, splay-feet, street, suite, sweet, teat, tweet, wheat Definition of treat in US English: treatverbtrittrēt [with object]1Behave toward or deal with in a certain way. she had been brutally treated he treated her with grave courtesy Example sentencesExamples - I always get him into trouble by saying he's a great reporter, because people think he treated us with a soft touch.
- His audience treated him with caution and courtesy, while its skepticism and impatience steadily increased.
- They treated us with dignity, they treated us as if we were human.
- Even his wife was surprised, since he had only ever treated her with gentleness.
- She had treated me with contempt, and the only way to cope with my feelings was to be hateful towards her.
- It is a credit to our high school teachers who treated us with the same respect they might treat their colleagues, no matter how crazy our ideas might have been.
- Another kind of justice is concerned with treating people as they deserve.
- People treated us with respect and we treated them with respect, you know?
- She treated me with all the respect accorded more high profile visitors.
- For far too long they've plundered the pockets of the citizens of this country and treated us with utter disrespect.
- You have frequently treated me with indifference and made me feel unwelcome.
- So when she gave birth to her second son several years later in Sheffield she treated him with kid gloves, determined nothing would ever happen to him.
- She slept with them even though they treated her with contempt.
- I've treated him with the respect that he probably didn't deserve, and it wasn't easy.
- So far we have treated the issue as if it concerned the debtor alone.
- It was a huge honour for me, and I felt a great deal of pressure but at the same time he treated me with respect with regard to my work.
- The youngsters were wonderful and treated me with great respect, which is more than I can say for some of the teachers - because I was on my own.
- Instead she targeted the very people who treated her with such compassion.
- Young people are quite capable of knowing the moral quality of that choice, yet we are in a society that patronises them by treating them as if they have no capacity to understand the nature of their actions.
- She knows all 150 players personally, by name, and treats them as if they were her own children.
Synonyms behave towards, act towards, conduct oneself towards, use, serve - 1.1treat something as Regard something as being of a specified nature with implications for one's actions concerning it.
the names are being treated as classified information Example sentencesExamples - Householders are reminded that all information they provide for the survey will be treated as strictly confidential and used for statistical purposes only.
- While utilitarianism may have unequal effects on people, it can nonetheless claim to be motivated by a concern for treating people as equals.
- During the past few decades, as far as novels are concerned, none treated the masses as the principal actors.
- I treated this information as a safety net in that it reassured me that the price we were suggesting for a contract was realistic based on previous project costs.
- I agree that this was a proper approach as it treats the corporation as a going concern and values its assets accordingly.
- The first person to give a clear presentation of the implications of treating declarative sentences as being neither true nor false was the Polish logician Jan Lukasiewicz in 1920.
- Why not then treat our personal information as private property?
- The concept was to treat the global network as if it were one giant information space.
- This is due to the trusting nature of the email system which treats every incoming connection as a valid connection.
- If not then they too should treat such information as mischievous.
- Indeed, for many years environmental concerns were treated as an irritant by most officials in charge of lending operations.
- Summarising, political correctness is a one-way street: they may use every form of rudeness but we must treat their concerns as sacred; this must be fought.
- Additionally, they treat such information as a snapshot of material to be worked on, not as decisive.
- Much organization theory implicitly treats organizations as actors and managers as instruments through which organizations pursue their interests.
- I treated that information as plausible conjecture and afforded it credibility as such.
- Will the Councillors ignore these people by treating their concerns as only emotional and with contempt go ahead with the Emigrant Creek effluent disposal option?
- The sport's governing body treats such tests as assessing health, but they are regarded by anti-doping bodies as a proxy for detecting drug use.
- She found that prior to the awarding of the contract, the commissioner has treated the information as confidential.
- Police initially treated the case as a missing person inquiry but mounting concern prompted a forensic examination of her home.
- Immunisation regulations do not treat de facto partners as parents when providing information about their child's immunisation status.
Synonyms regard, consider, view, look on - 1.2 Present or discuss (a subject)
the lectures show a striking variation in the level at which subjects are treated Example sentencesExamples - Little wonder, then, when television - the ultimate in consumption - treats a subject it very often does so by history.
- The second chapter treats the apparently obligatory discussion of natural revelation, before the author returns to the topic of culture.
- Subjects are not treated thematically, but rather simply as they occurred in Clinton's day.
- Chapter 6 treats the topic of ovarian function in women.
- Other forms of secular polyphonic song, mostly treating the subject of courtly love, evolved at the end of the 13th century.
- Indeed, the subject has mostly been treated tangentially by authors whose principle interests lie elsewhere.
- It is not just a matter of what subjects are explored by male and female authors, but how identical subjects are treated by them.
- And it succeeds in treating this often delicate subject head-on but with the lightness of touch that you would expect from The Motley Fool.
- The film has its moments, but as a whole, even while treating a subject that ought to arouse considerable passion, it generates relatively little heat.
- A subtle colourist, he treated melancholy subjects in a fairytale manner, with fanciful and delicate landscapes.
- In my future work this subject shall be treated, as it well deserves, at much greater length.
- Most introductory texts on ethical, legal, and professional issues treat the subjects more comprehensively.
- And, of course, whose authoritative record are we referring to when treating a controversial subject?
- Nevertheless, the end of the great age of empires undoubtedly has profound implications for the way in which the subject will be treated in future.
- Here thematic chapters treat topics such as manors and granges, woods and parks, gardens and vineyards, and towns and transport, setting out in a big, fat book a valuable overview.
- It does not treat the subject in any depth, nor does it present existing knowledge in a novel and accessible manner.
- The chapters do treat these issues briefly and with circumspection, but Leneman could have been bolder in pushing her analysis in this direction.
- At the end of the book Domninus says that he intends to treat some of the subjects more fully in Elements of Arithmetic but it is not known if he ever wrote it!
- The comedian, who often treats the subject of terrorism in his material, has said the killing changed his outlook on life.
- Each chapter in this book treats a specialized topic having to do with high-speed signal propagation.
Synonyms deal with, be about, cover, be concerned with, concern itself with, discuss, speak about, talk about, write about, go into, explore, investigate, tackle, handle
2Give medical care or attention to; try to heal or cure. the two were treated for cuts and bruises Example sentencesExamples - We treated him with cream, painkillers and antibiotics.
- I am being treated with some anti-epilepsy drugs that have some success in treating neuropathic pain.
- It is nursing which has shown ways to involve parents in the care of their children who are being treated for cancer.
- Her physical health is good in that she is not currently being treated for any medical condition, having had a thorough assessment at the hospital one year ago.
- She says 2,000 Chinese addicts were treated with the non-narcotic to cope with withdrawal pains.
- Teratoma patients are mostly treated with chemotherapy, which requires being in hospital for a few days every three weeks to be injected with chemicals.
- The drug was withdrawn earlier this year when it emerged that two patients being treated with the drug had died of a brain infection.
- In the West, precocious puberty is sometimes treated with regular injections to slow down physical development.
- Nationally around 50,000 people are treated with the drugs, the most widely used of which is donepezil that is sold under the trade name of Aricept.
- About half of these are treated for cure, and half for palliation.
- It is treated with physiotherapy, osteopathy, chiropody and surgery or a combination of treatments.
- Patients who do receive care are often treated with substandard, even harmful, medicine.
- Patients are initially treated with appropriate antibiotic therapy.
- In my first visit, he treated me with acupuncture to reduce the heat of my hives and gave me Chinese herbs and homeopathic remedies.
- His horse was treated with a sedative four weeks before the Games and he had been assured by his vet that all traces would be purged from its system by the time O'Connor entered the arena.
- Some cases are treated with systemic agents, under close monitoring.
- At first doctors there thought he had croup and treated him with steroids but a CT scan revealed tumours on his lungs.
- Within a week he was in intensive care, being treated for blood poisoning.
- He explained that his daughter was treated with an oral supplement that was purchased over the internet from a US-based laboratory.
- Now syphilis is readily treated with antibiotics if detected.
Synonyms attend to, tend, minister to, nurse, give treatment to cure, heal, remedy, make better 3Apply a process or a substance to (something) to protect or preserve it or to give it particular properties. linen creases badly unless it is treated with the appropriate finish Example sentencesExamples - They aren't treated with growth hormones or antibiotics, and they don't contain additives.
- It is applied to poultry flocks by a method known as ‘fogging’ in which sheds housing the birds are treated with a fine spray.
- They are treated with mild chemicals like rosin, alum, starches, etc., and dried in the sun.
- Tomatoes are treated with ethylene chloride gas to make them look red.
- The experimental group is treated with a vaccine known to protect against the infection.
- Plants were also treated with the fungicide mefenoxam.
- Apricots are usually treated with sulphur dioxide, a preservative, before being sun dried.
- Moths are usually treated with a smoke or spray application.
- It is produced naturally in plants in response to pathogens, which may be more common in organic vegetables because they are not treated with pesticides.
Synonyms prime, prepare, process, cover 4treat someone toProvide someone with (food, drink, or entertainment) at one's own expense. the old man had treated him to a drink or two Example sentencesExamples - We were welcomed by church leaders, given a brief understanding of the basic procedures to respect the followers attending the service, and afterwards we were treated to drinks, food and a chance to ask individuals about their faith.
- Thus, we were treated to complimentary popcorn and drinks and a general attitude of being better than everybody else.
- The owner of the hotel decided to treat us to a bit of entertainment.
- At the various delivery points, the consignee often treated them to food and drink in return for other messages carried for him on the side.
- Meanwhile, visitors to Skipton were treated to a weekend of entertainment at the town's second Waterways Festival.
- When they reached the Market Square they dismounted the bike and started on the 5km run around Clonnkedagh, where they were treated to some great entertainment and encouragement by the Samba Band.
- We've just got back from staying with my family in Hertfordshire where we were treated to food, drink, good company and lots of games.
- However, before our food arrived we were treated to an ‘Amuse Bouche’ of cherry tomato with mozzarella and basil with Balsamic vinegar and virgin olive oil.
- Soon after he treated me to a drink and took me home.
- Meanwhile, back at the car park, we were treated to some splendid entertainment courtesy of the lads and lassies from the three competing nations.
- I can treat you to French food and wine and pastries and other things that are different than the food you have here.
- And when I treated her to some food and got to talking to her, she grew on me.
- However, I became emboldened and next treated them to a large amount of food and drink because I had many tickets.
- She led him towards the bar so that he could treat her to a drink.
- He'd treated her to the expensive meal, and was now taking her to the theatre to see the play that they'd been talking about the night before.
- They had a gradual progression going and week after week we were treated to an entertaining show.
- After the drama at the start of the second half, we were treated to a more entertaining spectacle, with both teams pressing for a second and gaps appearing all over the pitch.
- Cabaret songs were not the only type of entertainment they were treated to; pantomimes, monologues, and even shadow plays augmented the presentations.
- SIR - What a fantastic, long afternoon of musical entertainment Thornton Vocal Union treated us to at St George's Hall on December 12.
- After they received their award they were treated to a buffet and drinks.
Synonyms buy, take out for, stand, give regale with, entertain by, entertain with, fete with, amuse by, amuse with, divert by, divert with - 4.1 Give someone (something) as a favor.
he treated her to one of his smiles Example sentencesExamples - If Tony is really lucky, Silvio might treat him to a rendition of his favourite Neapolitan songs.
- I only wish that the ‘new’ Crikey was sufficiently financed to send Therese around the world so we might be treated to even more of her unique brand of cultural insight.
- If the water is low and the wind favourable, they will be treated to a magnificent view of the falls and the yawning abyss below the Zambezi Bridge.
- Judge for yourself as the Gang of Three treat us to their own favourite jokes.
- So I climbed some 300 steps to get to the top, where I was treated to some gorgeous views of the Thai capital.
- 4.2treat oneself Do or have something that gives one great pleasure.
treat yourself—you can diet tomorrow Example sentencesExamples - Watch the movie, read the book, and you're treating yourself to a bittersweet experience, but one that'll be worth a repeat dose.
- Rich people in the throes of divorce are prone to giving away money to relatives and friends or treating themselves to a new house or yacht.
- Speaking of our fair city, December wouldn't be complete without a reminder to please drop off a few non-perishables to your local food bank before treating yourself to life's finer things.
- Due to family commitments, the newly-weds didn't manage a honeymoon but Tom, now 73, and Doreen, 75, plan on treating themselves this time around.
- We are a chocolate shop but people aren't going to think about stopping and treating themselves if they're racing to get away from the smell.
- It's worth treating yourself to some pampering.
- So today we're back in Copenhagen treating ourselves to a spa.
- Whatever restaurant you eat in, whether its posh or not, the fact remains… you are treating yourself and it will cost more than if you made it at home.
- An overweight widower in declining health, he lives alone, walks with a cane, treats himself to good cigars and talks to photographs of his dead wife.
- Admission is free and open to anyone interested in finding that unique gift for Christmas or treating themselves to a little something.
- ‘The idea is that they are getting some products for free, so the shopper will perhaps splash out on a gift for someone or treat themselves to a luxury item they would not usually purchase,’ he said.
- Quote: ‘A shipping clerk earning $25,000 a year treats herself to silk pajamas at Victoria's Secret.’
- They may choose the hard seat, or, if ‘splurging’ (to use backpackerese), treat themselves to the hard sleeper.
- I hope none of your theatre-going readers were deterred from treating themselves to a thoroughly enjoyable evening.
- I just love treating myself to some good health and environmental ethics now and then.
- Yorkshire people emerged as being most likely to put off starting a pension, and they were also most likely to waste money treating themselves now.
- And it's not just celebrities who are treating themselves to a few sparklers.
- In blazing sunshine, punters packed the Berkshire racecourse sipping champagne and treating themselves to portions of strawberries and cream.
- A fellow treats himself and his true love to dinner, a bottle and a night at the bug house at the end of another week of hard work and dutiful child-rearing, comes home happy and at peace, and what does he find?
Synonyms treat oneself, give oneself a treat, luxuriate in something, give oneself up to pleasure
5no object Negotiate terms with someone, especially an opponent. propagandists claimed that he was treating with the enemy Example sentencesExamples - And now, because they are behaving like the yobbos they really are, we'll punish them by no longer treating with them.
- That is treating, and it is treating with taxpayers' money.
- He has 60 days from the receipt of the recommendations and three options in treating with the authority: accept, reject or modify.
- But even it is treating with Mammon this year.
- Father had had to find refuge with the people he had just been treating with.
Synonyms negotiate, discuss terms, have talks, consult, parley, talk, confer
nountrittrēt 1An event or item that is out of the ordinary and gives great pleasure. he wanted to take her to the movies as a treat Example sentencesExamples - The literary thriller is a double treat for book lovers: you get to curl up with a sophisticated thriller and a book about books.
- Emmerich's reign at the top of the mega-movie empire doesn't show any signs of dissipating with this unmissable treat, which is every bit as entertaining as was hoped.
- While most toddlers might get a trip to the pictures for their birthday treat, Brooklyn's superstar mum and dad have hired out the whole cinema for his big day.
- A treat is in store for the audience at her breakfast event.
- Over 150 varieties of irises hold court for the garden visitor, a surprising visual treat.
- This is no ordinary musician and a huge treat is in store for those who will attend.
- And as a special DVD treat, look for the completed version of the party clown documentary that started this whole thing.
- For those who love movies, the treat couldn't have been any better.
- The movie is a treat for adults and children alike.
- It's an old-fashioned cinematic treat, and certainly one of the greatest surprises of the year.
- Adding to his pleasure was the repeated treat of sleeping in his own bed.
- To have all these impromptu pleasures on a Wednesday night is such a treat!
- A breathtaking display of flowers in their varied forms and colours was a delightful treat for the visitors who thronged the YWCA grounds throughout the day.
- The story is told in splendid pictures - a treat to read to the young folk and to enjoy yourself.
- But don't let that put you off; it's an entertaining and varied treat, leftfield music of the most listenable variety.
- The illustrations are another treat and bear many surprises.
- I'm going to save the listening pleasure for a treat at the end of exams.
- Only a quarter of women feel they can rely on their partners to help them escape by organising a surprise trip or treat.
- If you want a trip with a difference, perhaps for a birthday gift or surprise anniversary treat, then these new products should suit you perfectly.
- Still, The Missouri Breaks is a rich, leisurely treat, with huge surprises.
Synonyms celebration, entertainment, amusement, diversion present, gift pleasure, source of pleasure, delight, thrill, joy - 1.1 Used with a possessive adjective to indicate that the person specified is paying for food, entertainment, etc., for someone else.
“My treat,” he insisted, reaching for the bill
Phrases 1informal Used to indicate that someone or something does something specified very well or satisfactorily. their tactics worked a treat Example sentencesExamples - Lunges are a little tricky because obviously I can't bend the prosthetic ankle but aside from that it works a treat - very sturdy and responsive.
- The tactics worked a treat, as his mount stormed away in the closing stages.
- So their visit to the north east was strictly a damage-limitation exercise - and to that extent their tactics worked a treat.
- As a way of keeping the jackdaws at bay, it works a treat.
- Monkhouse's new tactic worked a treat as she went on to take the set 5-3 to force a best-of-three-ends shoot-out.
- If Queensland had deliberately targeted Johnson's suspect temperament ahead of the Test series, as some feared they might, then the tactic worked a treat initially.
- Bottom club York stunned third-placed Sheffield with their tactics of tight defence and speedy breakouts working a treat.
- Anyway she sent this new thing and it works a treat.
- But for sending and receiving e-mails, it works a treat, provided you can live without attachments.
- This may not be the medically recommended solution, but all I can say is that - on the fortunately rare occasions when it is needed - it works a treat for me.
- 1.1Used to indicate that someone is looking attractive.
he looked a treat in his suit and bowler hat Example sentencesExamples - However, the film looks a treat, Jack McElhone is an expressive, unaffected child actor and Gibb makes sure that the film still takes a persuasive hold on the heartstrings.
- But it is a vast improvement on the post-war British version of the tale, it looks a treat and boasts a fantastic cast of character actors sinking their teeth into Dickens' gallery of grotesques and unfortunates.
- All bright lights and slick moves, the film looks a treat as it offers a highly theatrical, stylised recreation of the lawless Roaring Twenties.
- It is now looking at its best at the moment with its bright red berries looking a treat.
- A circular walk has been marked out and on the day of my visit in mid-March the sun was shining above a blue sky and the park looked a treat.
- The first has all 15 episodes of the original 1949 B & R theatrical serial over its two discs and looks a treat.
- The Christmas Lights were turned on in Clonaslee last week and along with the new street lanterns look a treat.
- Silk trees are looking a treat at the moment, and despite their feathery foliage and powderpuff flowers they love the heat and are a perfect small tree for sunny back yards.
- ‘I got a little detergent and started cleaning it with a tissue and now he/she looks a treat,’ he said.
- He is 23 years young, like myself, and is just damn cute and sweet and looks a treat out there on the court.
Origin Middle English (in the senses ‘negotiate’ and ‘discuss a subject’): from Old French traitier, from Latin tractare ‘handle’, frequentative of trahere ‘draw, pull’. The current noun sense dates from the mid 17th century. |