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gentrify

Pronunciation: /ˈdʒɛntrɪfʌɪ/

Definition of gentrify

verb (gentrifies, gentrifying, gentrified)

[with object]
  • renovate and improve (a house or district) so that it conforms to middle-class taste.
  • (usually as adjective gentrified) make (someone or their way of life) more genteel:a gentrified Irish American

Derivatives

gentrification

noun

gentrifier

noun

gentrify in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of gentrify in the US English dictionary
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