rehab
- noun
- /ˈriːhæb/
- Informal
- During the past twenty years, the Clark County School District has spent nearly $3 billion on new school construction, rehab, and modernization.
- a rehab project
- rehab work
- building under rehab
Guess a thank you for us redoing their garage on Garage Rehab again.
- Guess a thank you for us redoing their garage on Garage Rehab again.
- We did a lot of Burr, which is essentially buy undervalued, rehab, refinance.
- The second step I did was I paid a rehab manager to manage my rehabs an hourly wage.
- Like what's it like working on fast and loud versus garage rehab, you know?
- When you're wrong on ARV hold time and rehab, yeah, you can lose big, obviously.
Examples
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Pave a road, buy books for schools, and rehab old but vital buildings.
Blog text (9) -
So all of the materials that go into one of our rehabs are out here in our warehouse.
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First, Apple helped finance the rehab of an "L" stop in Chicago.
Blog text (27) -
One of them became a millionaire when he sold his practice to a large corporate rehab company.
Blog text (23) -
Just to make one more point about a division that Worcester Square brings out, the Italian home owners were very happy with this rehab program that took shape.
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After that, it seemed natural to drive up to Albany Park with him to inspect the rehab work.
Fiction book (1990) -
The city has plans for a major rehab of the old library to make it more accessible and inviting.
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After years of neglect, the beautiful theater underwent a successful rehab to restore its original charm.
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The community came together to fund a rehab of the local playground, ensuring it is safe for children.
Synonyms
Work done to fix something that is broken
Work to repair and improve a building so it looks like new
Building something again after it is damaged or destroyed
Making something again after it is damaged or destroyed
To make big changes to an area or building to make it better
Making a place or community active and healthy again
Land that people make usable for living or farming
Improvements that make a building or product look newer without big changes
Clearing and rebuilding old parts of a city to improve housing and services
Cleaning, fixing, and improving a building or room so it is in good condition again
To change and repair a house so it looks and works better
To make something work like new again by repairing or cleaning
Antonyms
A slow change when something like a building or a person's health becomes worse
How Thorough
- Informal
Surface Forms
Etymology
Rehab is short for rehabilitation, built from re- 'again' and a root like ability that means 'able'. That's why a building 'rehab' is work to make a place useful or in good condition 'again'.