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treatment

[ treet-muhnt ]

noun

  1. an act or manner of treating.

    Synonyms: , , ,

  2. action or behavior toward a person, animal, etc.
  3. management in the application of medicines, surgery, etc.
  4. literary or artistic handling, especially with reference to style.
  5. subjection to some agent or action.
  6. Movies, Television. a preliminary outline of a film or teleplay laying out the key scenes, characters, and locales.


treatment

/ ˈٰːٳəԳ /

noun

  1. the application of medicines, surgery, psychotherapy, etc, to a patient or to a disease or symptom
  2. the manner of handling or dealing with a person or thing, as in a literary or artistic work
  3. the act, practice, or manner of treating
  4. films an expansion of a script into sequence form, indicating camera angles, dialogue, etc
  5. the treatment slang.
    the usual manner of dealing with a particular type of person (esp in the phrase give someone the ( full ) treatment )
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Word Forms

  • ԴDz·ٰ𲹳mԳ noun
  • v·ٰ𲹳mԳ noun
  • Dz·ٰ𲹳mԳ adjective
  • -ٰ𲹳mԳ noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of treatment1

First recorded in 1550–60; treat + -ment
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Idioms and Phrases

see red carpet (treatment) .
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Example Sentences

Examples have not been reviewed.

He theorises that Trump could also try to pressure Latin America to reduce China's footprint in the region in return for favourable treatment.

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Eight other people - three men, two women and three children - were taken to hospital for treatment.

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Some Americans, who pay more for healthcare than people in any other country, expressed anger over what they see as unfair treatment by insurance firms.

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The European Commission first suggested an EU-wide youth deal in April last year, claiming Rishi Sunak's government had approached European capitals to discuss individual visa deals, risking "differential treatment" of EU citizens.

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Chancellor Rachel Reeves announced on Wednesday that the government planned to review the customs treatment of low-value products entering the UK, after retailers complained they were being undercut by overseas rivals.

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Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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