{
    "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."
}