to rehabilitate
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4.9
- verb
- /ˌriːəˈbɪlɪˌteɪt/
:
rehabilitar
- We are pushing ahead on an urban-renewal program to rehabilitate older sections of the city.
- rehabilitate affordable housing
Examples
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A construction company was to have been created to rehabilitate houses within the community and employ "displaced workers."
Academic text (2000) -
In some cases, parts of the original Roman plan were rehabilitated.
Academic text (1994) -
Angola signed an agreement with De Beers of South Africa to rehabilitate the diamond mines.
Academic text (1992) -
Sierra Leone needs continuity through the path it has taken to rehabilitate its battered structures.
Blog text (6) -
In Hargeisa in Somaliland, the city electricity supply has been rehabilitated with government revenue.
Academic text (2003) -
From 1994 to 2007, he says, a total of 324 sites totaling 495 acres have been rehabilitated and maintained.
Academic text (2008) -
The city plans to rehabilitate the old theater, restoring it to its former glory for future performances.
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They worked together to rehabilitate the damaged park, planting new trees and repairing the playground.
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Government funds were allocated to rehabilitate the crumbling roads and bridges across the outskirts of town.
Synonyms
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2.8
Make something again after it is damaged or destroyed
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3.8
Make someone feel healthy and full of energy again
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4.2
Make something active or popular again after a time of being forgotten
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3.8
To repair and improve a building or room so it looks new again
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4.8
To give new life and energy to something
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4.3
To bring back something that stopped or was lost
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3.9
Build again something that was damaged or destroyed
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4.6
To make something clean and like new by fixing or decorating it
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4.7
To make land or buildings useful again by fixing them
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5.5
Bring something back to a better or original state
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5.4
To fix something so it works well again
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3.7
To fix a building or object so it is usable again
Antonyms
How Thorough
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3.9
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9
4.9
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4.6
365
1.0
- Specialized
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3.8
Surface Forms
Morphology
rehabilitate = habilitate (semi-transparent) = re + habilit + ate
The prefix 're-' clearly signals 'again', but the base 'habilitate' (from Latin 'habilit-') is rare in modern English, so the full meaning 'restore/make fit again' is partly inferable but not fully obvious to an average B1 learner.
Etymology
The word rehabilitate comes from the Latin parts re- 'again' and habilis 'able', the same root as the English word able. So, it literally means 'make able again', which is why we use it for restoring a building or system to good working condition.