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say it: treet
treat is a verb and noun meaning "interact in a certain way". It is pronounced /ˈtɹit/ — treet. It carries 10 recorded senses.
subject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some purpose, improving, or remedying a condition
“process cheese”
“process hair”
“treat the water so it can be drunk”
“treat the lawn with chemicals”
“treat an oil spill”
provide with a gift or entertainment
“Grandmother always treated us to the circus”
“I like to treat myself to a day at a spa when I am depressed”
provide with choice or abundant food or drink
“Don't worry about the expensive wine--I'm treating”
“She treated her houseguests with good food every night”
engage in negotiations in order to reach an agreement
“they had to treat with the King”
an occurrence that causes special pleasure or delight
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for treat come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.