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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

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Connolly was undergoing treatment at the time for the cancer, his retirement announcement claimed, has “now returned.”

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Days after blood tests, her doctors told her she had leukaemia and would need six months off work for treatment.

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But in private, GOP representatives and senators speak openly about Trump’s treatment of their caucus not as a check or equal partner, but as a vassal of his presidency.

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The false positives came from urine drug tests given to prisoners undergoing treatment for drug addiction, and were not part of the random drug tests that inmates could face when they’re suspected of drug use.

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Two women, aged 19 and 31, were taken to hospital for treatment following the incident, with one later being discharged.

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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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