treat as

treat someone or something as something

to deal with someone or something as something. Please don't treat me as a guest. You treat the editorial board as a needless barrier.

treat as

To regard and handle someone or something in some way: The king had received warnings of an uprising, but treated them as a joke. I refuse to be treated as a second-class citizen.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Carol (1)	KER-əl, KAR-əl	English
Tercero	ter-THE-ro (Spanish), ter-SE-ro (Latin American Spanish)	Spanish
Sefu	-	Eastern African, Swahili
MiklÓS	MEEK-losh	Hungarian
Mette	ME-de (Danish)	Danish, Norwegian
Aart	AH:RT	Dutch