WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
gen•tri•fied
( jen′trə fīd′),USA pronunciation adj.
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026- Sociologyvery or excessively refined or elegant.
- Sociology, Businesssubjected to gentrification.
- gentrify + -ed2 1975–80
gen•tri•fy /ˈdʒɛntrəˌfaɪ/USA pronunciation
v. [~ + object], -fied, -fy•ing.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- Business, Sociologyto cause (a neighborhood) to undergo gentrification.
gen•tri•fy
( jen′trə fī′),USA pronunciation v., -fied, -fy•ing.
v.t.
v.i.
gen′tri•fi′er, n.
v.t.
- Business, Sociologyto improve (a neighborhood) by gentrification.
v.i.
- Business, Sociologyto undergo gentrification:Some neighborhoods gentrify more easily than others.
- gentry + -fy 1970–75
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
gentrify /ˈdʒɛntrɪˌfaɪ/ vb (-fies, -fying, -fied) (transitive) to make (an area) a more expensive place to live through wealthy people moving into the area and buying the houses where people with less money used to live ˈgentriˌfied adj ˈgentriˌfier n
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