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treatment
[ treet-muhnt ]
noun
- an act or manner of treating.
Synonyms: , , ,
- action or behavior toward a person, animal, etc.
- management in the application of medicines, surgery, etc.
- literary or artistic handling, especially with reference to style.
- subjection to some agent or action.
- Movies, Television. a preliminary outline of a film or teleplay laying out the key scenes, characters, and locales.
treatment
/ ˈٰːٳəԳ /
noun
- the application of medicines, surgery, psychotherapy, etc, to a patient or to a disease or symptom
- the manner of handling or dealing with a person or thing, as in a literary or artistic work
- the act, practice, or manner of treating
- films an expansion of a script into sequence form, indicating camera angles, dialogue, etc
- the treatment slang.the usual manner of dealing with a particular type of person (esp in the phrase give someone the ( full ) treatment )
Other Word Forms
- ԴDz·ٰmԳ noun
- v·ٰmԳ noun
- Dz·ٰmԳ adjective
- -ٰmԳ noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of treatment1
Idioms and Phrases
see red carpet (treatment) .Example Sentences
He theorises that Trump could also try to pressure Latin America to reduce China's footprint in the region in return for favourable treatment.
Eight other people - three men, two women and three children - were taken to hospital for treatment.
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.
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.
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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