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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First baseman Nolan Schanuel is expected to start a minor-league rehab assignment with Salt Lake on Wednesday, and catcher Logan O’Hoppe was reinstated from the seven-day concussion list and in the starting lineup against Milwaukee.
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Andrew Wagner, Oc Register, 17 Sep. 2025
Binns, sober since her 1979 stay at Cumberland Heights rehab in Nashville, often was brash when channeling her passion.
—Brad Schmitt, Nashville Tennessean, 17 Sep. 2025
More Sloter/Getty Images Sasaki has already made five starts for Triple-A Oklahoma City, pushing his rehab window over the usual limit of 30 days due to a calf setback.
—Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
So, there was no way the Dodgers could send Ohtani to the minor leagues this year for rehab starts and take his potent bat out of the lineup.
—John Perrotto, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
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Andrew Wagner, Oc Register, 17 Sep. 2025
Binns, sober since her 1979 stay at Cumberland Heights rehab in Nashville, often was brash when channeling her passion.
—Brad Schmitt, Nashville Tennessean, 17 Sep. 2025
More Sloter/Getty Images Sasaki has already made five starts for Triple-A Oklahoma City, pushing his rehab window over the usual limit of 30 days due to a calf setback.
—Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
So, there was no way the Dodgers could send Ohtani to the minor leagues this year for rehab starts and take his potent bat out of the lineup.
—John Perrotto, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 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 20 Sep. 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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