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rehab

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See also: Rehab.

English

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Etymology

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Clipping of rehabilitation.

Pronunciation

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  • enPR: rēʹhăb, IPA(key): /ˈɹiːhæb/
  • Audio (Canada):(file)

Noun

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rehab (countable and uncountable, plural rehabs)

  1. (informal) Rehabilitation, especially to treat the use of recreational drugs.
    go into rehab
  2. (informal) An institution for rehabilitation.
    • 1990 February 4, Leonard Tirado, “Privatized 'Recovery' Versus Collective Action”, in Gay Community News, volume 17, number 29, page 5:
      The assimilationists would have you believe that there is no lesbian or gay underclass, white or of color. That the junkies, crackheads and rummies in the drunk-tanks and welfare rehabs are all straight. Our addicts all have ample checkbooks, the best insurance their professions can buy, and membership in the right upscale cliques.
  3. (firefighting) A brief period of time spent away from the fire by a firefighter at a fire scene, for purposes of recuperation.

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Verb

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rehab (third-person singular simple present rehabs, present participle rehabbing, simple past and past participle rehabbed)

  1. (informal, transitive) To rehabilitate.

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Cebuano

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Etymology

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From English rehab, clipping of rehabilitation.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: re‧hab

Noun

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rehab

  1. a rehab; an institution for rehabilitation

Verb

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rehab

  1. to rehabilitate; to return (someone) to good health after illness, addiction, etc.
    • 2018Baron Geisler Balik-Rehab (24 March), SuperBalita
      Giingong gianunsyo ni Baron Geisler sa iyang Facebook nga magpa-rehab[sic] siya og balik sugod niadtong Huwebes.

Swedish

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Noun

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rehab c

  1. (colloquial) rehab ((institution for) rehabilitation)

Declension

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Declension of rehab
nominative genitive
singular indefinite rehab rehabs
definite rehaben rehabens
plural indefinite
definite

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