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gentrify::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | freshen up, refurbish, renovate |
| Derivation | gentrification |
gentrify a row of old houses.
gentrify the old center of town.
Examples of gentrify
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He says the clashes have added to tensions over plans to gentrify the waterfront.
From the voanews.com
He figures it'll gentrify eventually, but he likes the country look of the place.
From the chron.com
You feel bad about gentrification but you can't afford to not to gentrify.
From the edeneatseverything.com
Today, the hotel is a diamond in the rough, waiting for the area around it to gentrify.
From the dailyherald.com
Right or wrong, property values are going to gentrify our communities.
From the thenewstribune.com
The buzz has truely gone, it will only get worse now their going to gentrify the station.
From the theargus.co.uk
Meanwhile the building's main purpose seems to be the hope that it will gentrify the area.
From the guardian.co.uk
Several inner-city neighborhoods have begun to gentrify in recent years.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Now's the time to visit, though, since the nearby King Drive strip is threatening to gentrify.
From the orlandosentinel.com
- Renovate so as to make it conform to middle-class aspirations; "gentrify a row of old houses"; "gentrify the old center of town"
- (gentrification) the restoration of run-down urban areas by the middle class (resulting in the displacement of low-income residents)
- (Gentrifies) Gentrification and urban gentrification denote the socio-cultural changes in an area resulting from wealthier people buying housing property in a less prosperous community. ...
- To renovate something, especially housing, to make it more appealing to the middle classes
- (gentrification) The process of renewal and rebuilding accompanying the influx of middle class or affluent people into deteriorating areas that often displaces earlier usually poorer residents
- (Gentrification) process by which middle-class people move into deteriorated inner-city neighborhoods and renovate the housing.
- (Gentrification) The process in which low-cost, run down neighborhoods undergo physical renovation resulting in an increase in property values and an influx of wealthier residents.
- (GENTRIFICATION) A process of change in the social and economic condition of urban neighborhoods where poorer original residents are replaced by newcomers from middle class and professional groups.
- (Gentrification) A process whereby lower-income housing (or other buildings) are renovated for middle- and upper-income people and businesses. By definition, gentrification means the displacing of lower-income people through eviction, rising real estate values, or increased taxes. ...
