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rehab

noun · verb · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • rēʹhăb
  • /ˈɹiːhæb/
  • Canada: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: R IY0 HH AE0 B Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

Rehabilitation, especially to treat the use of recreational drugs.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: informal, uncountable

Examples

  • go into rehab

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

An institution for rehabilitation.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, informal

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A brief period of time spent away from the fire by a firefighter at a fire scene, for purposes of recuperation.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: firefighting, government

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

verb

Meaning 4

To rehabilitate.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: informal, transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Clipping of rehabilitation.

Across languages

Translations

27 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 復原 /复原 (fùyuán) — An act of rehabilitation
  • Finnish: kuntoutus — An act of rehabilitation
  • Finnish: kuntouttaminen — An act of rehabilitation
  • Finnish: vieroitushoito — An act of rehabilitation
  • French: désintox — An act of rehabilitation
  • German: Reha — An act of rehabilitation
  • Ido: rehabilito — An act of rehabilitation
  • Italian: riabilitazione — An act of rehabilitation
  • Italian: riabilitazioni — An act of rehabilitation
  • Polish: rehabilitacja — An act of rehabilitation
  • Polish: odwyk — An act of rehabilitation
  • Romanian: reabilitare — An act of rehabilitation
  • Spanish: rehabilitación — An act of rehabilitation
  • Swedish: rehab — An act of rehabilitation
  • Finnish: kuntoutusklinikka — An institution for rehabilitation
  • German: Rehaklinik — An institution for rehabilitation
  • Ido: rehabiliterio — An institution for rehabilitation
  • Italian: centro di riabilitazione — An institution for rehabilitation
  • Polish: centrum odwykowe — An institution for rehabilitation
  • Russian: рехаб (rexab) — An institution for rehabilitation
  • Spanish: centro de rehabilitación — An institution for rehabilitation
  • Finnish: kuntouttaa — rehabilitate
  • Ido: rehabilitar — rehabilitate
  • Italian: riabilitare — rehabilitate
  • Polish: rehabilitować — rehabilitate
  • Polish: zrehabilitować — rehabilitate
  • Spanish: rehabilitar — rehabilitate