gentrify
To renovate or improve something, making it more appealing to the middle classesTo renovate or improve something (especially housing or district), making it more appealing to the middle classes (now often with the negative association of pricing out existing residents).
» The area began to gentrify in the late 90s after the opening of the mall.
Meaning
2 senses(transitive)To renovate or improve something (especially housing or district), making it more appealing to the middle classes (now often with the negative association of pricing out existing residents).
gentrifizieren
To develop and invest in a penurious or impoverished place.
- renovate so as to make it conform to middle-class aspirations
Examples
3 sentencesThe area began to gentrify in the late 90s after the opening of the mall.
The east side of Boston used to be a slum, but now the neighborhood has been gentrified.
She lives in a brownstone in a gentrified neighborhood of New York.
Translations
6 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
From gentry + -fy.From gentry + -fy.
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Forms
gentrifies, gentrifying, gentrified, gentrified| Base form | gentrify · to gentrify |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | gentrifies |
| Present participle | gentrifying |
| Past simple | gentrified |
| Past participle | gentrified |
regular · Lesson
Word family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle