treat
/tɹiːt/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.75 in modern English
5
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To discourse; to handle a subject in writing or speaking; to conduct a discussion.
Intransitive verb
verb
To discourse on; to represent or deal with in a particular way, in writing or speaking.
Transitive verb
verb
To entertain with food or drink, especially at one's own expense; to show hospitality to; to pay for as celebration or reward.
Transitive verb
Example Sentences
- "Now halting a few paces before the Captains of the West he looked them up and down and laughed. 'Is there any in this rout with authority to treat with me?' he asked."
- "After all, in this hideous war we have just passed through never forget that Halifax would have treated with Hitler: it took Churchill to refuse."
- "I wouldn't promote businesses I considered immoral – ambulance-chasing lawyers or online roulette for example – but I've got nothing against computer or software manufacture: they're important and any reputable company in that industry is welcome to treat for my services."
- "Cicero's writing treats mainly of old age and personal duty."
- "Now of love they treat."
- "And, indeed, should the excellent Mr Broughton be prevailed on to set fist to paper, and to complete the above-said rudiments, by delivering down the true principles of athletics, I question whether the world will have any cause to lament, that none of the great writers, either antient or modern, have ever treated about that noble and useful art."
Etymology
From Middle English treten, from Anglo-Norman treter, Old French tretier, traiter, from Latin tractāre (“to pull", "to manage”), from the past participle stem of trahere (“to draw", "to pull”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: treten, treter, tretier, tracto
Usage
Inflected Forms
treats (present, singular)
treating (participle, present)
treated (participle, past)
treated (past)
tret (Northern England, colloquial)
no-table-tags (table tags)
glossary (inflection template)
treated (first person, past)
treatest (archaic, present)
treated (past, second person)
treatedst (archaic, past)
treateth (archaic, present)