(gentrifies, gentrifying, gentrified, gentrified) [VN] [usuallypassive] to change an area, a person, etc. so that they are suitable for, or can mix with, people of a higher social class than before:
Old working class areas of the city are being gentrified.
gentrification noun [U]
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