rehab en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- rēʹhăb
- (Canada) audio
- /ˈɹiːhæb/
Etymology
Clipping of rehabilitation.
Meanings
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(informal, uncountable) Rehabilitation, especially to treat the use of recreational drugs.
They tried to make me go to rehab, but I said, "No, no, no"
2006, Amy Winehouse, Mark Ronson, “Rehab”, in Back to Black, performed by Amy Winehouse:go into rehab
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(countable, informal) An institution for rehabilitation.
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.
1990 February 4, Leonard Tirado, “Privatized 'Recovery' Versus Collective Action”, in Gay Community News, volume 17, number 29, page 5:
- (countable, uncountable) A brief period of time spent away from the fire by a firefighter at a fire scene, for purposes of recuperation.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| rehabs | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
rehab broker · telerehab · gut rehab
Translations (21)
fi kuntoutusklinikka (An institution for rehabilitation) · pl rehabilitacja (An act of rehabilitation) · io rehabilito (An act of rehabilitation) · io rehabiliterio (An institution for rehabilitation) · it centro di riabilitazione (An institution for rehabilitation) · it riabilitazione (An act of rehabilitation) · ru рехаб (An institution for rehabilitation) · fi kuntouttaminen (An act of rehabilitation) · fr désintox (An act of rehabilitation) · ro reabilitare (An act of rehabilitation) · cmn 復原 /复原 (An act of rehabilitation) · es rehabilitación (An act of rehabilitation) · fi kuntoutus (An act of rehabilitation) · es centro de rehabilitación (An institution for rehabilitation) · de Reha (An act of rehabilitation) · sv rehab (An act of rehabilitation) · pl centrum odwykowe (An institution for rehabilitation) · de Rehaklinik (An institution for rehabilitation) · it riabilitazioni (An act of rehabilitation) · pl odwyk (An act of rehabilitation) · fi vieroitushoito (An act of rehabilitation)