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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In the meantime, Perry will stay in a rehab program and refrain from drinking or driving.
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Later that month, a fifth patient, an 85-year-old woman, died while being transported from a cardiac hospital to a rehab center.
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Rodgers has endured multiple significant injuries to both of his shoulders throughout his career and was limited to 43 games last year with the Houston Astros, first due to an oblique strain and then to a severe concussion and other injuries sustained in a horrific collision during a rehab outing.
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Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 4 Mar. 2026
In the meantime, Perry will stay in a rehab program and refrain from drinking or driving.
—Kristina Rex, CBS News, 4 Mar. 2026
Later that month, a fifth patient, an 85-year-old woman, died while being transported from a cardiac hospital to a rehab center.
—Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Money, 4 Mar. 2026
Rodgers has endured multiple significant injuries to both of his shoulders throughout his career and was limited to 43 games last year with the Houston Astros, first due to an oblique strain and then to a severe concussion and other injuries sustained in a horrific collision during a rehab outing.
—Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 3 Mar. 2026
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“Rehab.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rehab. Accessed 8 Mar. 2026.
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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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