Meaning & Definition of Treat in English

1. Something considered choice to eat

2. An occurrence that causes special pleasure or delight

1. Interact in a certain way

• "Do right by her"

• "Treat him with caution, please"

• "Handle the press reporters gently"

2. Subject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some purpose, improving, or remedying a condition

• "Process cheese"

• "Process hair"

• "Treat the water so it can be drunk"

• "Treat the lawn with chemicals"

• "Treat an oil spill"

3. Provide treatment for

• "The doctor treated my broken leg"

• "The nurses cared for the bomb victims"

• "The patient must be treated right away or she will die"

• "Treat the infection with antibiotics"

4. Act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression

• "This book deals with incest"

• "The course covered all of western civilization"

• "The new book treats the history of china"

5. Provide with a gift or entertainment

• "Grandmother always treated us to the circus"

• "I like to treat myself to a day at a spa when i am depressed"

6. Provide with choice or abundant food or drink

• "Don't worry about the expensive wine--i'm treating"

• "She treated her houseguests with good food every night"

7. Engage in negotiations in order to reach an agreement

• "They had to treat with the king"

8. Regard or consider in a specific way

• "I treated his advances as a joke"