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Treat means to behave toward someone in a certain way, or to provide medical care. Regular verb: treat-treated-treated.
Meanings
- To behave toward in a certain way
- To provide medical care
- To pay for someone's food or entertainment
Common Collocations
treat with respect
treat someone to
treat a disease
treat yourself
trick or treat
Tip for Learners
Treat someone to means to pay for their pleasure. Treat yourself means to indulge. Treat can be noun or verb.
Present Simple
| I | treat |
| you | treat |
| he/she/it | treats |
| we | treat |
| they | treat |
Examples - Present Simple
- I treat my patients well.
- You treat me like family.
- She treats her friends.
- We treat our employees.
- They treat the condition.
Present Continuous
| I | am treating |
| you | are treating |
| he/she/it | is treating |
| we | are treating |
| they | are treating |
Examples - Present Continuous
- I am treating my patients.
- You are treating me like family.
- She is treating her friends.
- We are treating our employees.
- They are treating the condition.
Present Perfect
| I | have treated |
| you | have treated |
| he/she/it | has treated |
| we | have treated |
| they | have treated |
Examples - Present Perfect
- I have treated my patients.
- You have treated me like family.
- She has treated her friends.
- We have treated our employees.
- They have treated the condition.
Present Perfect Continuous
| I | have been treating |
| you | have been treating |
| he/she/it | has been treating |
| we | have been treating |
| they | have been treating |
Examples - Present Perfect Continuous
- I have been treating patients.
- You have been treating me well.
- She has been treating her friends.
- We have been treating employees.
- They have been treating the condition.
Past Simple
| I | treated |
| you | treated |
| he/she/it | treated |
| we | treated |
| they | treated |
Examples - Past Simple
- I treated my patients.
- You treated me like family.
- She treated her friends.
- We treated our employees.
- They treated the condition.
Past Continuous
| I | was treating |
| you | were treating |
| he/she/it | was treating |
| we | were treating |
| they | were treating |
Examples - Past Continuous
- I was treating patients.
- You were treating me well.
- She was treating her friends.
- We were treating employees.
- They were treating the condition.
Past Perfect
| I | had treated |
| you | had treated |
| he/she/it | had treated |
| we | had treated |
| they | had treated |
Examples - Past Perfect
- I had treated my patients.
- You had treated me well.
- She had treated her friends.
- We had treated our employees.
- They had treated the condition.
Past Perfect Continuous
| I | had been treating |
| you | had been treating |
| he/she/it | had been treating |
| we | had been treating |
| they | had been treating |
Examples - Past Perfect Continuous
- I had been treating patients.
- You had been treating me well.
- He had been treating his friends.
- We had been treating employees.
- They had been treating the condition.
Future Simple
| I | will treat |
| you | will treat |
| he/she/it | will treat |
| we | will treat |
| they | will treat |
Examples - Future Simple
- I will treat my patients.
- You will treat me well.
- She will treat her friends.
- We will treat our employees.
- They will treat the condition.
Future Continuous
| I | will be treating |
| you | will be treating |
| he/she/it | will be treating |
| we | will be treating |
| they | will be treating |
Examples - Future Continuous
- I will be treating patients.
- You will be treating me well.
- He will be treating his friends.
- We will be treating employees.
- They will be treating the condition.
Future Perfect
| I | will have treated |
| you | will have treated |
| he/she/it | will have treated |
| we | will have treated |
| they | will have treated |
Examples - Future Perfect
- I will have treated my patients.
- You will have treated me well.
- She will have treated her friends.
- We will have treated our employees.
- They will have treated the condition.
Future Perfect Continuous
| I | will have been treating |
| you | will have been treating |
| he/she/it | will have been treating |
| we | will have been treating |
| they | will have been treating |
Examples - Future Perfect Continuous
- I will have been treating patients.
- You will have been treating me well.
- He will have been treating his friends.
- We will have been treating employees.
- They will have been treating the condition.