Kilo Lingo

/ˈtriːt.mənt/

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Translation

The care a doctor gives to a sick person, or the way you behave towards someone.

Word origin

From the verb treat plus the ending -ment, which turns a verb into a noun.

Origin
English
Root
treat
English cognates
treat

Grammar

Gender
Pluraltreatments

Examples

.

Use treatment for to name the illness.

.

Here a treatment is one way of making people better.

.

Here treatment means the way other people behaved towards him.

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This word is part of lesson 37.