treat
verb [T usually + adv/prep] (DEAL WITH) /triːt/Definition
B2 to behave towards someone or deal with something in a particular way: My parents treated us all the same when we were kids. He treated his wife very badly. It's wrong to treat animals as if they had no feelings. I treat remarks like that with the contempt that they deserve.Behaving, interacting and behaviour
(Definition of treat verb (DEAL WITH) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- -behaved suffix
- -ism suffix
- -mannered suffix
- act verb (PERFORM)
- as ye sow, so shall ye reap idiom
- attitude noun (OPINION)
- bearing noun (MANNER)
- bedside manner noun
- behave verb
- behaviour noun
- conduct noun (ORGANIZATION)
- example noun (BEHAVIOUR)
- manner noun (BEHAVIOUR)
- mannerism noun
- table manners noun
- treatment noun (DEALING WITH)
- turn sth on phrasal verb
- way noun (MANNER)
- what's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander idiom
- yourself pronoun (PERSON/PEOPLE ADDRESSED)
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