Collocations for "treatment"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "treatment" in context.
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treatment
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- [a new, a risky, an innovative, a proven] treatment (for)
- the [successful, failed] treatment of her [cancer, disease]
- a new and [risky, experimental] treatment
- [health, beauty, body, facial] treatments
- [shock, electrotherapy, chemotherapy, drug] treatment
- the treatment of [patients, pain, diseases, ailments, cancer]
- needs treatment for (his) [cancer]
- is receiving treatment for
- [humane, inhumane, draconian] treatment
- [harsh, severe, fair, poor] treatment of the [workers, people]
- received [harsh] treatment in the [press, newspaper, media]
- the [harsh] treatment of [children, students, detainees]
- his [harsh] treatment at the hands of
- the (ethical) treatment of [prisoners, animals]
- protested his treatment
- (doesn't) deserve special treatment
- the [principal's, boss', president's] [son] received special treatment
- the [guest, visitor, bride] got the full treatment
- the treatment of [women, colors, landscapes] (by artists]
- write a [movie, film] treatment
- treatment [options, services, program, center]
'treatment' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
AIDS
- abuse
- access
- addicted
- afford
- aggressive
- alcohol
- amenable
- anxiety
- appalling
- assessment
- badly
- bald
- bitter
- blemish
- callous
- canal
- cancer
- coke
- commonly
- compassionate
- complaint
- conceive
- conception
- concerning
- consent
- conventional
- correction
- course
- cruel
- cure
- deserve
- disability
- disabled
- distress
- drug
- dull
- effect
- effective
- effectiveness
- electric
- entirely
- equal
- expensive
- extensive
- facility
- fast
- fit
- fortunately
- hair