often attributive
1
: the action or process of rehabilitating : rehabilitation
especially
: a program for rehabilitating especially drug or alcohol abusers
2
: a rehabilitated building or dwelling
rehab
verb
Examples of rehab in a Sentence
The rehab for his leg injury is going well.
the accident victim had to undergo months of rehab before she could walk again
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Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2025
Right-hander Paul Blackburn will make one more rehab start, throwing around 75 pitches.
—Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 17 May 2025
Kershaw recently made five rehab starts, the last three at Triple-A Oklahoma City, to prepare for his return.
—Jack Magruder, Forbes.com, 16 May 2025
Brown was ordered to rehab but was kicked out of a rehab facility and then spent over two months in a Los Angeles County jail before his release in June 2014, according to reporting from The Associated Press.
—Yi-Jin Yu, ABC News, 16 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for rehab
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“Rehab.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rehab. Accessed 22 May. 2025.
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rehab
noun
re·hab
ˈrē-ˌhab 
often attributive
: rehabilitation
especially
: a program for rehabilitating especially drug or alcohol abusers
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