treat

treat
1 /tri:t/ verb (T)
1 BEHAVE TOWARDS SB (always + adv/prep) to behave towards someone in a particular way: treat sb like/as: She treats me like one of the family. | Even though they were much younger, we treated them as equals. | badly treated/well treated: The prisoners were well treated by their guards. | treat sb with respect/contempt/kindness etc: Despite her seniority, Margot was never treated with much respect. | treat sb like dirt/a dog (=treat someone unkindly and without respect)
2 DEAL WITH STH (always + adv/prep) to deal with or discuss something in a particular way: treat sth as: Please treat this information as completely confidential. | treat sth favourably/seriously/carefully etc: Any complaint about safety standards must be treated very seriously.
3 MEDICAL to try to cure an illness or injury by using drugs, hospital care, operations etc: Nowadays malaria can be treated with drugs.
4 REGARD (always + adv/prep) to regard an idea, subject, statement etc in a particular way: treat sth as: She treats everything I say as some kind of joke.
5 BUY STH FOR SB to buy something special for someone that you know they will enjoy: treat sb to sth: We treated Mom to lunch at the Savoy. | treat yourself to sth (=buy yourself something special): I treated myself to a new dress.
6 PROTECT/CLEAN to put a special substance on something or use a chemical process in order to protect, clean, or preserve it: It is possible to treat sewage so that it can be used as fertilizer.
—see also: trick or treat treat with sth phrasal verb (T) formal to try to reach an official agreement with someone treat of sth phrasal verb (T) formal if a book, article etc treats of something, it is about that subject 2 noun
1 (C) something special that you give someone or do for them because you know they will enjoy it: Steven took his son to the zoo as a birthday treat.
2 (singular) an unexpected event that gives you a lot of pleasure: I really miss everyone, and getting a letter from home is a big treat.
3 my treat spoken used to tell someone that you will pay for something such as a meal for them: Let's go out for dinner - my treat this time.
4 go down a treat BrE informal if something goes down a treat, people like it very much: Brightly coloured building blocks always go down a treat with toddlers.
5 look/work a treat BrE informal to look very good or work very well: The sports ground looked a treat, with all the flags flying.

Longman dictionary of contemporary English. 2004.

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