Definitions for treatment
ˈtrit mənttreat·ment

Princeton's WordNet(4.33 / 3 votes)Rate this definition:

1. treatment, intervention(noun)

   care provided to improve a situation (especially medical procedures or applications that are intended to relieve illness or injury)

2. treatment, handling(noun)

   the management of someone or something

   "the handling of prisoners"; "the treatment of water sewage"; "the right to equal treatment in the criminal justice system"

3. treatment(noun)

   a manner of dealing with something artistically

   "his treatment of space borrows from Italian architecture"

4. discussion, treatment, discourse(noun)

   an extended communication (often interactive) dealing with some particular topic

   "the book contains an excellent discussion of modal logic"; "his treatment of the race question is badly biased"

Wiktionary(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. treatment(Noun)

   The process or manner of treating someone or something.

2. treatment(Noun)

   Medical care for an illness or injury.

3. treatment(Noun)

   The use of a substance or process to preserve or give particular properties to something.

4. treatment(Noun)

   A treatise; a formal written description or characterization of a subject.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Treatment(noun)

   the act or manner of treating; management; manipulation; handling; usage; as, unkind treatment; medical treatment

2. Treatment(noun)

   entertainment; treat

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'treatment' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #785

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'treatment' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2046

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'treatment' in Nouns Frequency: #326

How to pronounce treatment?

1. 

   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of treatment in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of treatment in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of treatment in a Sentence

1. Alex Azar:

   There are so many stories of Americans with serious mental illness, and their families, that end in tragic outcomes because treatment options are not available or not paid for, more treatment options are needed, and that includes more inpatient and residential options that can help stabilize Americans with serious mental illness.

2. Amanullah Hotaki:

   In some districts where the Taliban are in control, food prices have gone up, there are no hospitals, people die on the way to Kandahar to get treatment.

3. John Redd:

   So we took a pause and shifted to a better, improved model that targets exactly where the patients are, and where they're currently receiving treatment.

4. Finance Minister Michel Sapin:

   There are ... several ambiguities in the texts, treatment must be as identical as possible. That's why we're fighting.

5. Harold Bursztajn:

   I have met some wonderful (prosecutors) who really, really understand this, and (who) work with the defense attorneys and forensic psychiatrists and come up with a treatment plan that actually works.

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