treat

treat
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noun
ADJECTIVE
big, great, real, special
little

I like to give the girls a little treat every now and then.

occasional, rare
birthday (esp. BrE), Christmas (esp. BrE), festive (esp. BrE), holiday (esp. AmE)
family
delicious, sweet, tasty

Snails are a tasty treat for hedgehogs.

frozen (AmE)
musical, visual
dog (esp. AmE)
VERB + TREAT
give sb
deserve
get
PREPOSITION
as a treat, for a treat

I took the kids to the zoo for a special treat.

PHRASES
be in for a treat, have a treat in store (esp. BrE)

If their latest album is half as good as their last one, we've a real treat in store.

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verb
1 handle sb/sth in a particular way
ADVERB
equally, equitably, fairly, humanely, kindly, leniently, sympathetically, well
abominably, badly, harshly, roughly, shabbily, unfairly, unjustly

They treat their animals quite badly.

seriously

These allegations are being treated very seriously indeed.

accordingly

He is guilty and should be treated accordingly.

in the same way
differently
separately
VERB + TREAT
tend to

Parents still tend to treat boys differently from girls.

PREPOSITION
as

the tendency to treat older people as helpless

like

Don't treat me like a child!

with

He treated the idea with suspicion.

PHRASES
deserve to be treated

They deserve to be treated with patience and respect.

2 give sb medical treatment
ADVERB
easily
appropriately, properly
effectively, successfully
medically, surgically
VERB + TREAT
be difficult to
use sth to
PREPOSITION
for

She was treated for cuts and bruises.

with

We can treat this condition successfully with antibiotics.

PHRASES
be effective in treating sth

The drug is effective at treating depression.

3 use a substance to protect sth
ADVERB
chemically

Chemically treated hair can become dry and brittle.

PREPOSITION
for

You need to treat this wood for woodworm.

with

The timber has been treated with chemicals to preserve it.

Treat is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑drug, ↑staff, ↑vet, ↑veterinarian
Treat is used with these nouns as the object: ↑abscess, ↑acne, ↑addiction, ↑ailment, ↑alcoholism, ↑allergy, ↑arthritis, ↑asthma, ↑burn, ↑cancer, ↑colic, ↑condition, ↑constipation, ↑corn, ↑depression, ↑disease, ↑disorder, ↑HIV, ↑illness, ↑impotence, ↑incontinence, ↑indigestion, ↑infection, ↑infertility, ↑injury, ↑leather, ↑malaria, ↑matter, ↑migraine, ↑pain, ↑patient, ↑phobia, ↑schizophrenia, ↑sewage, ↑sick, ↑sickness, ↑slave, ↑subject, ↑survivor, ↑symptom, ↑syndrome, ↑timber, ↑tumour, ↑victim, ↑waste, ↑wound

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