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gentrify
gen·tri·fy G0090100 (jĕn′trə-fī′)v. gen·tri·fied, gen·tri·fy·ing, gen·tri·fies v.tr. To subject to gentrification: gentrify a row of Victorian houses.v.intr. To undergo gentrification: a neighborhood that is rapidly gentrifying.
[gentr(y) + -fy.]
gen′tri·fi′er n.gentrify (ˈdʒɛntrɪˌfaɪ) vb, -fies, -fying or -fiedto make (an area) a more expensive place to live through wealthy people moving into the area and buying the houses where people with less money used to live ˈgentriˌfied adj ˈgentriˌfier ngen•tri•fy (ˈdʒɛn trəˌfaɪ)
v.t. -fied, -fy•ing. to subject (a run-down neighborhood) to gentrification. [1970–75] gentrify
Past participle: gentrified
Gerund: gentrifying
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| gentrify | | gentrify |
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| I gentrify | | you gentrify | | he/she/it gentrifies | | we gentrify | | you gentrify | | they gentrify |
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| I gentrified | | you gentrified | | he/she/it gentrified | | we gentrified | | you gentrified | | they gentrified |
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| I am gentrifying | | you are gentrifying | | he/she/it is gentrifying | | we are gentrifying | | you are gentrifying | | they are gentrifying |
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| I have gentrified | | you have gentrified | | he/she/it has gentrified | | we have gentrified | | you have gentrified | | they have gentrified |
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| I was gentrifying | | you were gentrifying | | he/she/it was gentrifying | | we were gentrifying | | you were gentrifying | | they were gentrifying |
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| I had gentrified | | you had gentrified | | he/she/it had gentrified | | we had gentrified | | you had gentrified | | they had gentrified |
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| I will gentrify | | you will gentrify | | he/she/it will gentrify | | we will gentrify | | you will gentrify | | they will gentrify |
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| I will have gentrified | | you will have gentrified | | he/she/it will have gentrified | | we will have gentrified | | you will have gentrified | | they will have gentrified |
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| I will be gentrifying | | you will be gentrifying | | he/she/it will be gentrifying | | we will be gentrifying | | you will be gentrifying | | they will be gentrifying |
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| I have been gentrifying | | you have been gentrifying | | he/she/it has been gentrifying | | we have been gentrifying | | you have been gentrifying | | they have been gentrifying |
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| I will have been gentrifying | | you will have been gentrifying | | he/she/it will have been gentrifying | | we will have been gentrifying | | you will have been gentrifying | | they will have been gentrifying |
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| I had been gentrifying | | you had been gentrifying | | he/she/it had been gentrifying | | we had been gentrifying | | you had been gentrifying | | they had been gentrifying |
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| I would gentrify | | you would gentrify | | he/she/it would gentrify | | we would gentrify | | you would gentrify | | they would gentrify |
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| I would have gentrified | | you would have gentrified | | he/she/it would have gentrified | | we would have gentrified | | you would have gentrified | | they would have gentrified |
Thesaurus| Verb | 1. | gentrify - renovate so as to make it conform to middle-class aspirations; "gentrify a row of old houses"; "gentrify the old center of town"freshen up, refurbish, renovate - make brighter and prettier; "we refurbished the guest wing"; "My wife wants us to renovate" |
TranslationsEncyclopediaSeegentrificationgentrify
Words related to gentrifyverb renovate so as to make it conform to middle-class aspirationsRelated Words- freshen up
- refurbish
- renovate
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