- treatment
- noun1 way you treat sb/sthADJECTIVE▪ favourable/favorable, preferential, special, VIP▪
She was given the VIP treatment after winning a gold medal.
▪ generous, lenient▪ equal, fair▪ good, humane▪ sensitive, sympathetic▪ discriminatory, poor, unequal, unfair, unjust▪ brutal, cruel, degrading, harsh, inhuman, inhumane, rough▪He claims he suffered inhumane treatment at the hands of prison officers.
▪ shabby▪You shouldn't put up with such shabby treatment.
VERB + TREATMENT▪ get, have, receive, suffer▪ deserve▪He had done nothing to deserve such cruel treatment.
▪ give sb, mete out (to sb) (esp. BrE)▪The treatment meted out to captured soldiers was harsh.
▪ accept, put up with2 medical careADJECTIVE▪ emergency, immediate, prompt, urgent (esp. BrE)▪ first-line (AmE), primary▪ follow-up, further▪ long-term▪ effective, successful▪ conventional, orthodox, recommended, standard▪ experimental▪ alternative, holistic, homeopathic▪ hospital (esp. BrE)▪ inpatient, outpatient▪ free, NHS (in the UK)▪ private (esp. BrE)▪ specialist (BrE)▪ clinical, dental, medical, psychiatric, veterinary (esp. BrE)▪ surgical▪ non-surgical▪ acupuncture, antibiotic, drug, hormone, laser, radiation, shock (often figurative)▪ addiction, cancer, fertility▪alcohol or drug addiction treatment
▪ dietary▪ beauty (esp. BrE), hair, spa… OF TREATMENT▪ courseVERB + TREATMENT▪ get, have, receive, undergo▪She is still undergoing medical treatment.
▪ administer, give sb, provide (sb with)▪paramedics trained in administering emergency treatment
▪ be effective in, be used in▪a herbal drug that is used in the treatment of dizziness
▪ be approved for▪drugs approved for AIDS treatment
▪ need, require▪ seek▪When his depression worsened, he decided to seek treatment.
▪ prescribe, recommend, suggest▪ refuse▪ begin, enter (esp. AmE)▪ complete▪ discontinue▪ benefit from, respond to▪He responded well to treatment and is now walking again.
TREATMENT + NOUN▪ decision, option▪ centre/center, room▪ method, procedure, process, technique▪ course, plan, programme/program, regime, regimen, schedule▪ provider (esp. AmE), servicesPREPOSITION▪ in treatment▪He's in treatment for cocaine addiction.
▪ treatment for▪She is receiving treatment for a heart condition.
3 process for cleaning/protecting sthADJECTIVE▪ sewage, waterTREATMENT + NOUN▪ facility, plant, works (BrE)4 discussion of a subject, work of art, etc.ADJECTIVE▪ exhaustive, systematic▪ lengthy▪ cursory, superficial▪ philosophical, theoretical
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
