rehab

noun

re·​hab ˈrē-ˌhab How to pronounce rehab (audio)
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
rehabber noun

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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Less than 14 out of the enclave's 36 hospitals are still at least partly functional, and less than a third of the rehab services open before the conflict are still operating, said Rik Peeperkorn, the WHO's West Bank and Gaza official. Ellie Cook, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Oct. 2025 The pair later made amends after Chase checked into a rehab facility for his struggles with alcohol in the season 1 finale. Liza Esquibias, PEOPLE, 6 Oct. 2025 The measure also gives judges the authority to order people with multiple drug charges into rehab and undoes some of the changes the state made a decade ago through Proposition 47. Barnini Chakraborty, The Washington Examiner, 6 Oct. 2025 In August, the commissioners approved $2 million in funding for Metro Lutheran Ministries to purchase, rehab and create 16 low-income housing units for those who are chronically homeless. Taylor O'Connor, Kansas City Star, 5 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for rehab

Word History

Etymology

short for rehabilitation or rehabilitate

First Known Use

1941, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of rehab was in 1941

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“Rehab.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rehab. Accessed 15 Oct. 2025.

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rehab

noun
re·​hab ˈrē-ˌhab How to pronounce rehab (audio)
often attributive
: rehabilitation
especially : a program for rehabilitating especially drug or alcohol abusers
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