Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

rehab

/ˈɹiːhæb/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.79 in modern English

Syllables: re-hab
IPA: /ˈɹiːhæb/

10

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Rehabilitation, especially to treat the use of recreational drugs.

Informal; Uncountable

noun

An institution for rehabilitation.

Countable; Informal

noun

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

Countable; Uncountable

verb

To rehabilitate.

Informal; Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"go into rehab"
"They tried to make me go to rehab, but I said, "No, no, no""
"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."

Etymology

Clipping of rehabilitation.

Usage

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Medicine.

Inflected Forms

rehabs (plural) rehabs (present, singular) rehabbing (participle, present) rehabbed (participle, past) rehabbed (past)

Derived Forms

telerehab rehabber unrehabbed

Phrases

gut rehab rehab broker

Questions

How do you pronounce rehab?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɹiːhæb/.
What does rehab mean?: Rehabilitation, especially to treat the use of recreational drugs.
Where does rehab come from?: Clipping of rehabilitation.

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