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Treated has 4 different meanings across 1 category:

Adjective

Definitions
Verb
1

simple past tense and past participle of treat

"After they treated him to dinner, he finally felt like paying his own way next time."

In plain English: Treated means to give someone medical care or to act toward them in a specific way.

"The restaurant treated us to dinner in celebration of her promotion."

Adjective
1

subjected to a physical (or chemical) treatment or action or agent

"the sludge of treated sewage can be used as fertilizer"

"treated timbers resist rot"

"treated fabrics resist wrinkling"

2

given medical care or treatment

"a treated cold is usually gone in 14 days; if left untreated it lasts two weeks"

3

made hard or flexible or resilient especially by heat treatment

"a sword of tempered steel"

"tempered glass"

Example Sentences
"The restaurant treated us to dinner in celebration of her promotion." verb
"She treated her friends to dinner after their long hike." verb
"The doctor will treat his flu symptoms with rest and fluids." verb
"My new puppy treats everyone in the house like family." verb
Related Terms
Antonyms
untreated unhardened

Origin

Derived from the Old French traiter, which meant to draw, drag, or treat, the past tense form entered English via Middle English with the original sense of handling or managing something. It evolved to signify dealing with an illness or subject matter through specific actions or remedies.

Rhyming Words
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