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{ "term": "treat", "partOfSpeech": "verb", "ox3000": true, "cefr": "b1", "verbForms": { "presentSimple": { "iYouWeThey": "treat", "heSheIt": "treats" }, "pastSimple": "treated", "pastParticiple": "treated", "ingForm": "treating" }, "definitions": [ { "senseNumber": 1, "definition": "to behave in a particular way towards somebody/something", "sensetop": "treat somebody/something with somethingtreat somebody/something + adv./prep.treat somebody/something like somethingtreat somebody/something as somethingtreat somebody/something as if…", "cefr": "b1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "to **treat people with respect**", "contextForm": "treat somebody/something with something" }, { "text": "to treat people with caution/suspicion/dignity" }, { "text": "Treat your keyboard with care and it should last for years." }, { "text": "All candidates will be **treated equally**, regardless of age.", "contextForm": "treat somebody/something + adv./prep." }, { "text": "They treat their animals quite badly." }, { "text": "She felt unfairly treated." }, { "text": "My parents still treat me like a child.", "contextForm": "treat somebody/something like something" }, { "text": "He was treated as a hero on his release from prison.", "contextForm": "treat somebody/something as something" }, { "text": "They treat him as if he weren't even there.", "contextForm": "treat somebody/something as if…" }, { "text": "Parents still tend to treat boys differently from girls." }, { "text": "He is guilty and should be treated accordingly." }, { "text": "You should treat people with more respect." }, { "text": "the tendency to treat older people as helpless and dependent" }, { "text": "He treated the idea with suspicion." } ], "collocations": { "adverb": ["equally", "equitably", "fairly"], "verb + treat": ["tend to"], "preposition": ["as", "like", "with"], "phrases": ["deserve to be treated"] } }, { "senseNumber": 2, "definition": "to consider something in a particular way", "sensetop": "treat something as something", "cefr": "b1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "I decided to treat his remark as a joke." } ], "collocations": { "adverb": ["equally", "equitably", "fairly"], "verb + treat": ["tend to"], "preposition": ["as", "like", "with"], "phrases": ["deserve to be treated"] } }, { "senseNumber": 3, "definition": "to deal with or discuss something in a particular way", "sensetop": "treat something + adv./prep.treat something as something", "cefr": "b1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "The question is treated in more detail in the next chapter.", "contextForm": "treat something + adv./prep." }, { "text": "These allegations are being treated very seriously indeed." }, { "text": "All cases involving children are treated as urgent.", "contextForm": "treat something as something" } ], "collocations": { "adverb": ["equally", "equitably", "fairly"], "verb + treat": ["tend to"], "preposition": ["as", "like", "with"], "phrases": ["deserve to be treated"] } }, { "senseNumber": 4, "definition": "to give medical care or attention to a person, an illness, an injury, etc.", "sensetop": "treat somebody for somethingtreat somebodytreat somebody (for something) with somethingtreat somethingtreat something with something", "labels": "(especially British English)(informal)(formal)(especially North American English)(British English)(especially British English)(North American English)(formal)(British English)(North American English)", "cefr": "b1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "She was treated for sunstroke.", "contextForm": "treat somebody for something" }, { "text": "The students involved were **treated for** head **injuries**." }, { "text": "The clinic has **treated** several thousand **patients** free of charge .", "contextForm": "treat somebody" }, { "text": "She was **treated in hospital**." }, { "text": "He was treated for depression with medication prescribed by his doctor.", "contextForm": "treat somebody (for something) with something" }, { "text": "to **treat a disease/a condition/cancer**", "contextForm": "treat something" }, { "text": "The hospital treated forty cases of malaria last year." }, { "text": "Antibiotics are used to treat bacterial infections." }, { "text": "The condition is usually treated with drugs and a strict diet.", "contextForm": "treat something with something" }, { "text": "She was treated for cuts and bruises." }, { "text": "The drug is effective at treating depression." }, { "text": "We can treat this condition quite successfully with antibiotics." } ], "topics": ["Healthcare"], "collocations": { "adverb": ["easily", "appropriately", "properly"], "verb + treat": ["be difficult to", "use something to"], "preposition": ["for", "with"], "phrases": ["be effective in treating something"] } }, { "senseNumber": 5, "definition": "to use a chemical substance or process to clean, protect, preserve, etc. something", "sensetop": "treat something (with something)", "cefr": "b2", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "to treat crops with insecticide", "contextForm": "treat something (with something)" }, { "text": "wood treated with preservative" }, { "text": "Chemically treated hair can become dry and brittle." }, { "text": "You need to treat this wood for woodworm." }, { "text": "Water is discharged from the sewage works after being treated." } ], "collocations": { "adverb": ["chemically"], "preposition": ["for", "with"] } }, { "senseNumber": 6, "definition": "to pay for something that somebody/you will enjoy and that you do not usually have or do", "sensetop": "treat somebody/yourself (to something)", "examples": [ { "text": "She treated him to lunch." }, { "text": "Don't worry about the cost—I'll treat you." }, { "text": "I'm going to treat myself to a new pair of shoes." } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "to treat somebody with no respect at all", "labels": "(informal)", "examples": [ { "text": "They treat their workers like dirt." } ] } ], "pronunciations": { "uk": [ { "pronunciation": "/triːt/", "audio": "tr/treat/treat__gb_2.mp3" }, { "pronunciation": "/triːts/", "audio": "tr/treat/treats__gb_1.mp3" }, { "pronunciation": "/ˈtriːtɪd/", "audio": "tr/treat/treated__gb_1.mp3" }, { "pronunciation": "/ˈtriːtɪŋ/", "audio": "tr/treat/treating__gb_1.mp3" } ], "us": [ { "pronunciation": "/triːt/", "audio": "tr/treat/treat__us_1.mp3" }, { "pronunciation": "/triːts/", "audio": "tr/treat/treats__us_1.mp3" }, { "pronunciation": "/ˈtriːtɪd/", "audio": "tr/treat/treated__us_1.mp3" }, { "pronunciation": "/ˈtriːtɪŋ/", "audio": "tr/treat/treating__us_1.mp3" } ] }, "wordOrigin": "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 cent." }