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gentrify — gen‧tri‧fy [ˈdʒentrfaɪ] verb gentrified PTandPP [transitive] be gentrified PROPERTY if an area of a city where poor people live is gentrified, people with more money go to live there, and the buildings are improved and become more expensive as a … Financial and business terms
gentrify — renovate inner city housing to middle class standards, by 1972, from GENTRY (Cf. gentry) + FY (Cf. fy). Related: Gentrified, which was used from early 19c. of persons … Etymology dictionary
gentrify — ► VERB (gentrifies, gentrified) ▪ renovate and improve (a house or district) so that it conforms to middle class taste. DERIVATIVES gentrification noun gentrifier noun … English terms dictionary
gentrify — [jen′tri fī΄] vt. gentrified, gentrifying [< GENTRY + FY] 1. to convert (a deteriorated or aging area in a city) into a more affluent middle class neighborhood, as by remodeling dwellings, resulting in increased property values and in… … English World dictionary
gentrify — verb renovate so as to make it conform to middle class aspirations gentrify a row of old houses gentrify the old center of town • Derivationally related forms: ↑gentrification • Hypernyms: ↑refurbish, ↑renovate, ↑freshen up … Useful english dictionary
gentrify — gentrifier, n. /jen treuh fuy /, v., gentrified, gentrifying. v.t. 1. to improve (a neighborhood) by gentrification. v.i. 2. to undergo gentrification: Some neighborhoods gentrify more easily than others. [1970 75; GENTRY + FY] * * * … Universalium
gentrify — verb ( fied; fying) Date: 1972 transitive verb to attempt or accomplish the gentrification of intransitive verb to become gentrified • gentrifier noun … New Collegiate Dictionary
gentrify — [[t]ʤe̱ntrɪfaɪ[/t]] gentrifies, gentrifying, gentrified VERB: usu passive When a street or area is gentrified, it becomes a more expensive place to live because wealthy people move into the area and buy the houses where people with less money… … English dictionary
gentrify — v. improve a neighborhood by renovating old buildings in order to attract wealthier families … English contemporary dictionary
gentrify — verb (gentrifies, gentrifying, gentrified) renovate and improve (a house or district) so that it conforms to middle class taste. Derivatives gentrification noun gentrifier noun … English new terms dictionary
