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treatment

treatment

450 2.6
The way people handle another person, group, or thing
  • noun
  • /ˈtriːtmənt/
translation icon : trato
  • Well, whatever happened to equal treatment?
  • fair treatment
  • equal treatment
  • preferential treatment

If we took away all this special treatment, do you like him?

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Examples

  • This treatment is inhuman, and somebody needs to be held accountable.

  • Currently, more stringent mandates for the proper treatment of storm water are pending.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Is that honest, fair treatment of an employee?

  • Schools are key in the effective education and treatment of children with autism.

    Academic text (1999)
  • We're going to give you the VIP treatment at certain clubs.

  • Equal treatment, not preferential treatment, of students with disabilities ought to be our goal.

    Academic text (1999)
  • Don't settle for treatment less than what you're worth.

  • Karen had only recently begun to receive VIP treatment from the American Airlines Special Services staff.

    Fiction book (1994)
  • You need immediate treatment.

  • The new employee deserved fair treatment in the workplace to ensure a positive environment.

Synonyms

care
vstreatment
1.0

Looking after something to keep it in good condition

is broader, meaning overall management or manner of dealing with people or things
handling
vstreatment
105 3.0

Dealing with a situation or person by deciding what to do

is about the manner or process of managing others or things

Idioms

Special care and service for a person, like a king or queen

Compounds

silent treatment
  • Offensive
16 5.5

Refusing to speak to someone to show you are angry or upset

treatment plan
  • Specialized
7 3.5

A list of medical steps and tests doctors use to help a patient get better

shock treatment
  • Specialized
4 5.8

A medical procedure that uses electric shocks to the brain to help severe mental illness

All the extra services and options included with a product or service

3 6.4

Cruel treatment of a person or animal, often over a long time

A salon service that makes someone look better

inhuman treatment
  • Offensive
1 8.3

An act that causes someone great pain and suffering on purpose

Care or medicine that does not make someone better

Happening after medical care to help recovery

Care or action people get after a medical procedure to help recovery

cold treatment
  • Specialized
3.6

Applying cold to the body reduces pain and swelling

curative treatment
  • Specialized
3.8

A medical treatment that removes a disease completely

9.9

A chemical that kills or controls frogs and salamanders

A medical treatment from the past that gave injections to cause strong seizures to treat mental illness

A medical treatment that uses large doses of insulin to cause seizures and coma, formerly used for serious mental illness

Treatment to straighten teeth using braces or other devices

A way to make the skin healthier and look better

How Treated

pampering
10 4.1
care
1.0
to support
753 1.4
treatment
450 2.6
mistreatment
22 4.0
neglect
100 3.5

Surface Forms

treatment singular
treatments plural

Morphology

treatment = treat (transparent) = treat + ment

Standard nominalization indicating the manner or process of dealing with someone or something derived from the verb 'treat'.

Etymology

Treatment comes from the old verb treat, which meant 'to handle' or 'deal with' and is related to roots seen in words like tractor that give the idea of 'pulling' or managing. So the treatment of a person or thing is simply the way you 'handle' or manage them.