Betekenis van treat In het Nederlands

• 0 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.

• 1 to use drugs, exercises, etc. to cure a person of a disease or heal an injury:

  • He is being treated for a rare skin disease.

  • Western medicine tends to treat the symptoms and not the cause.

• 2 to buy or pay for something for another person:

  • Put your money away - I'm going to treat you (to this).

  • I'm going to treat myself to (= buy for myself) a new pair of sandals.

• 3 to put a special substance on material such as wood, cloth, metal, etc. or put it through a special process, in order to protect it from damage or decay:

  • The material has been treated with resin to make it waterproof.

• 4 a special and enjoyable occasion or experience:

  • We're going to Italy for the weekend - it's my birthday treat.

  • As a special treat, I'll take you to my favourite restaurant.

• 5 an occasion when I, you, etc. buy or pay for something for another person:

  • No, you paid for dinner last time - this is my treat.

• 6 to behave toward someone or deal with something in a particular way:

  • He treated his children badly.

  • She always tried to treat her students as/like adults.

• 7 to do something to improve the condition of an ill or injured person, or to try to cure a disease:

  • The hospital treats hundreds of patients a day.

  • The new drug may allow us to treat diabetes more effectively.

• 8 to change the condition of a substance by adding something to it or putting it through a special process:

  • The sewage is treated with chemicals before being dumped.

• 9 to buy or pay for something for someone:

  • [ T ] I’m going to treat myself to a new pair of sunglasses.

• 10 a special and enjoyable occasion or experience:

  • It was a real treat seeing my old friends last weekend.

• 11 an occasion on which you pay for someone's food or entertainment:

  • You paid for the taxi, so lunch is my treat (= I will pay).

• 12 to behave towards or think of someone or something in a particular way:

  • treat sb/sth as sth We must treat employees as allies in achieving change.

  • treat sb/sth equally/fairly/unfairly It very hard to prove that the company had been treated unfairly.

  • treat sb/sth like sth The company treated their initial public offering more like a marketing opportunity than a capital-raising exercise.

• 13 to deal with something in a particular way:

  • Each Fund is treated as a single tax entity.

  • The employment department said the unemployment figures should be treated with caution.

• 14 to put a special substance on something or put it through a special process, in order to protect it, clean it, or make it safe:

  • treat sth with sth We treat the material with resin to make it waterproof.