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treatment

treat·ment
T t

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [treet-muh nt]
    • /ˈtrit mənt/
    • /ˈtriːtmənt/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [treet-muh nt]
    • /ˈtrit mənt/

Definitions of treatment word

  • noun treatment an act or manner of treating. 1
  • noun treatment action or behavior toward a person, animal, etc. 1
  • noun treatment management in the application of medicines, surgery, etc. 1
  • noun treatment literary or artistic handling, especially with reference to style. 1
  • noun treatment subjection to some agent or action. 1
  • noun treatment Movies, Television. a preliminary outline of a film or teleplay laying out the key scenes, characters, and locales. 1

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Origin of treatment

First appearance:

before 1550
One of the 31% oldest English words
First recorded in 1550-60; treat + -ment

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Treatment

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

treatment popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 95% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

treatment usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for treatment

noun treatment

  • application — An application for something such as a job or membership of an organization is a formal written request for it.
  • attention — If you give someone or something your attention, you look at it, listen to it, or think about it carefully.
  • belles-lettres — literary works, esp essays and poetry, valued for their aesthetic rather than their informative or moral content
  • biologic — pertaining to biology.
  • biologics — biological products such as vaccines and therapeutic sera, used to induce immunity to infectious diseases or harmful substances of biological origin

Antonyms for treatment

noun treatment

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