CEFR B2

rehabilitating

verb

Meaning

Helping someone to return to a normal, healthy, or satisfactory way of life or condition, especially after illness, injury, addiction, or imprisonment.

Examples

The program focuses on rehabilitating young offenders through education and job training.
She is rehabilitating her image after the scandal.

Synonyms: restoring, recovering, reforming, reintegrating

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rehabilitating (B2)

verb

Pronunciation: /ˌriː.həˈbɪl.ɪ.teɪt.ɪŋ/

Definition

Helping someone to return to a normal, healthy, or satisfactory way of life or condition, especially after illness, injury, addiction, or imprisonment.

Examples

The program focuses on rehabilitating young offenders through education and job training.
She is rehabilitating her image after the scandal.
The hospital is rehabilitating patients who have suffered strokes.

How to Use rehabilitating

rehabilitate someone (prepositional phrase): To help a person return to a healthy or normal life. — "The goal is to rehabilitate drug addicts so they can rejoin society."
rehabilitate something (prepositional phrase): To restore something (like a building or object) to its former condition. — "They are rehabilitating the old factory into apartments."

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