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Collocations for treat - noun

ADJECTIVE

big, great, real, special
little
I like to give the girls a little treat every now and then.
occasional, rare
birthday (esp. BrE), Christmas (esp. BrE), festive (esp. BrE), holiday (esp. AmE)
family
delicious, sweet, tasty
Snails are a tasty treat for hedgehogs.
frozen (AmE)
musical, visual
dog (esp. AmE)

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VERB + treat

give sb
deserve
get

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PREPOSITION

as a treat, for a treat
I took the kids to the zoo for a special treat.

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PHRASES

be in for a treat, have a treat in store (esp. BrE)
If their latest album is half as good as their last one, we've a real treat in store.

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Collocations for treat - verb

1. handle sb/sth in a particular way

ADVERB

equally, equitably, fairly, humanely, kindly, leniently, sympathetically, well
abominably, badly, harshly, roughly, shabbily, unfairly, unjustly
They treat their animals quite badly.
seriously
These allegations are being treated very seriously indeed.
accordingly
He is guilty and should be treated accordingly.
in the same way
differently
separately

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VERB + treat

tend to
Parents still tend to treat boys differently from girls.

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PREPOSITION

as
the tendency to treat older people as helpless
like
Don't treat me like a child!
with
He treated the idea with suspicion.

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PHRASES

deserve to be treated
They deserve to be treated with patience and respect.

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2. give sb medical treatment

ADVERB

easily
appropriately, properly
effectively, successfully
medically, surgically

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VERB + treat

be difficult to
use sth to

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PREPOSITION

for
She was treated for cuts and bruises.
with
We can treat this condition successfully with antibiotics.

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PHRASES

be effective in treating sth
The drug is effective at treating depression.

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3. use a substance to protect sth

ADVERB

chemically
Chemically treated hair can become dry and brittle.

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PREPOSITION

for
You need to treat this wood for woodworm.
with
The timber has been treated with chemicals to preserve it.

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Treat is used with these nouns as the subject:
drug, staff, vet, veterinarian

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Treat is used with these nouns as the object:
abscess, acne, addiction, ailment, alcoholism, allergy, arthritis, asthma, burn, cancer, colic, condition, constipation, corn, depression, disease, disorder, HIV, illness, impotence, incontinence, indigestion, infection, infertility, injury, leather, malaria, matter, migraine, pain, patient, phobia, schizophrenia, sewage, sick, sickness, slave, subject, survivor, symptom, syndrome, timber, tumour, victim, waste, wound

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