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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Mitch Bannon, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
During that time, Spears went into rehab but checked herself out the next day.
—Martha Ross, Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2025
There were two or three stints in rehab which didn’t quite seem to take.
—Amanda Petrusich, New Yorker, 15 Oct. 2025
From long, stressful days filming, to challenging days in the ring, to many hours of rehab.
—Andrew Ravens, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Oct. 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 21 Oct. 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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