treat

/triːt/

US pronunciation

American sound/triːt/

treat

Syllables: 1 syllable
Stress: One strong syllable
Vowel: Long vowel
Ending: Clear final sound

US voice -> treat

Myanmar meaning

(v) ဆက်ဆံ

Full entry

treat /tri:t/ v

၁။ ~ sb (as/ like sth) ဆက်ဆံသည်။ ပြုမူသည်။ I hate people who treat animals badly. ❍ You should treat people with more consideration. ❍ People sometimes treat new technology with suspicion. ❍ He treats me as (if I were) a complete idiot.
၂။ ~ sth as sth သဘောထားသည်။ မှတ်ယူသည်။ I decided to treat his remark as a joke
(eg instead of being offended by it).
၃။ သုံးသပ်ဝေဖန်သည်။ တင်ပြဆွေးနွေးသည်။ The question is treated at greater length in the next chapter.
၄။ ~ sb/ sth;~ sb (for sth) ကုသသည်။ ပြုစုသည်။ a new drug for treating rheumatism ❍ Last year the hospital treated 40 cases of malaria. ❍ She was treated for sunstroke.
၅။ ~ sth (with sth) (ဆေးဖြင့်) ပြုပြင်သည်၊ စီရင်သည်။ wood treated with creosote ❍ treat crops with insecticide.
၆။ ~ sb/ oneself (to sth) ပြုစုသည်။ ဒကာခံသည်။ အကုန်အကျ ခံသည်။ ဧည့်ခံသည်။ She treated each of the children to an ice-cream. ❍ I decided to treat myself to a taxi (eg instead of walking). ❍ We were treated to an impromptu dance display by local schoolchildren.
n
၁။ စားချင့်စဖွယ်၊ ပျော်ချင့်စဖွယ်၊ ကြည်နူးစဖွယ် စသောအရာ။ Smoked salmon—what a treat! ❍ I'm taking the children to the pantomime as a treat. ❍ The concert is a real treat for lovers of light opera.
၂။ ဒကာခံခြင်း။ အကုန်အကျ ခံခြင်း။ This is my treat (ie I will pay).
❏ a treat [IDM ](Brit infml ) တော်တော့်ကို ကောင်းသော။ အတော်ဟုတ်သော။ The new knife sharpener works a treat. ❍ He looked a treat in his uniform.
❏ treatable adj ကုသပျောက်ကင်းနိုင်သော။
a treatable condition/ infection.
❏ treat sb like dirt/ a dog [IDM ] (infml ) ကျေးလိုကျွန်လိုသဘောထားဆက်ဆံသည်။ မတူမတန် သဘောထားသည်။ They treat their workers like dirt.

More examples

She felt she had been unfairly treated, and complained to her boss.
You should treat others politely.
[treat someone with respect/kindness/contempt] : We all treated my grandfather with the greatest respect.
[treat someone like/as something] : I wish you would stop treating me like a child!
[treat someone like royalty] : Guests of the family are treated like royalty.
The council said that it would treat her case sympathetically.
[treat something as something] : These payments will be treated as income.
[treat something with caution/scepticism/suspicion] : You should treat this new evidence with caution.
Is the subject of neglected women artists treated in the course?
Vitamin deficiency can be properly diagnosed and treated by a doctor.
[treat someone for something] : She was treated for smoke inhalation.
[treat someone/something with something] : Patients are treated with a combination of medication and exercise.
Fabrics are treated to make them water-resistant.
[treat something with something] : The wood is treated with chemicals to preserve it.
[treat yourself to something] : She treated herself to a nice hot bubble bath.
[treat someone to something] : Bob treated us all to dinner at an expensive restaurant.

Synonyms

luxury, extravagance, indulgence, delicacy, pleasure, delight, account, act, act toward, act with regard to, administer, advise, amuse, amusement, apply treatment, appraise, approach, arrange, attend, banquet, be concerned with, behave toward, behave towards, blow, buy for, care for, celebration, comment, conduct, conduct oneself toward, confabulate, confer, consider, consult, contain, criticize, cure, dainty, deal with, deliberate, discourse on, discuss, divert, doctor, dose, dress, employ, enjoyment, enlarge upon, entertain, entertainment, escort, estimate, evaluate, explain, feast, foot the bill, fun, gift, give, go into, goody, gratification, handle, have business with, have recourse to, have to do with, heal, hold, indulge, interpret, joy, look upon, make a fuss of, manage, manipulate, medicament, medicate, minister to, negotiate, nurse, operate, pamper, party, pay for, pay the bill, pick up the check, pick up the tab, play, play host, prescribe, provide, rate, react toward, reason, refreshment, regale, regard, remedy, respect, review, satisfaction, satisfy, serve, set up, speak about, spoil, spring for, stake, stand, study, surprise, sweet, tackle, take, take care of, take out, take up, talk about, talk of, talk over, think, think of, thrill, tidbit, touch on, touch upon, use, value, weigh, wield, wine and dine, write about

Antonyms

abandon, abstain, anger, approve, bad fortune, bore, confuse, depression, disappoint, disbelieve, disregard, dissatisfaction, fail, forget, harm, hurt, ignore, injure, leave, let go, melancholy, mismanage, misuse, necessity, need, neglect, pain, praise, receive, refuse, reject, sadness, sorrow, stop, take, tire, trouble, unhappiness, upset, want, woe, work