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yuppifyyup‧pi‧fy /ˈjʌpɪfaɪ/ verb (past tense and past participle yuppified, present participle yuppifying) [transitive] informal VERB TABLEyuppify |
Present | I, you, we, they | yuppify | | he, she, it | yuppifies | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | yuppified | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have yuppified | | he, she, it | has yuppified | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had yuppified | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will yuppify | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have yuppified |
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Present | I | am yuppifying | | he, she, it | is yuppifying | | you, we, they | are yuppifying | Past | I, he, she, it | was yuppifying | | you, we, they | were yuppifying | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been yuppifying | | he, she, it | has been yuppifying | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been yuppifying | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be yuppifying | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been yuppifying |
to improve the buildings in an area, or to open expensive restaurants, shops etc so that yuppies will want to live in the buildings or use the restaurants etc: The restaurant’s yuppified interior was done in colors like teal and mauve.GRAMMAR Yuppify is usually passive. |