"gentrify" meaning in English

See gentrify in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈdʒɛntrɪfʌɪ/ Audio: en-us-gentrify.ogg [US] Forms: gentrify [canonical], gentrifies [third-person, singular], gentrified [past], gentrified [past, participle], gentrifying [present, participle]
Etymology: gentry + -fy Etymology templates: {{ety-suffix|gentry|fy}} gentry + -fy Head templates: {{verb|gentrif|y}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If a housing or district is being gentrified, it is being renovated or improved to make it more appealing to the middle classes.
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