CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO GENTRIFY
PRESENT
Present
I gentrify
you gentrify
he/she/it gentrifies
we gentrify
you gentrify
they gentrify
Present continuous
I am gentrifying
you are gentrifying
he/she/it is gentrifying
we are gentrifying
you are gentrifying
they are gentrifying
Present perfect
I have gentrified
you have gentrified
he/she/it has gentrified
we have gentrified
you have gentrified
they have gentrified
Present perfect continuous
I have been gentrifying
you have been gentrifying
he/she/it has been gentrifying
we have been gentrifying
you have been gentrifying
they have been gentrifying
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The
present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.
PAST
Past
I gentrified
you gentrified
he/she/it gentrified
we gentrified
you gentrified
they gentrified
Past continuous
I was gentrifying
you were gentrifying
he/she/it was gentrifying
we were gentrifying
you were gentrifying
they were gentrifying
Past perfect
I had gentrified
you had gentrified
he/she/it had gentrified
we had gentrified
you had gentrified
they had gentrified
Past perfect continuous
I had been gentrifying
you had been gentrifying
he/she/it had been gentrifying
we had been gentrifying
you had been gentrifying
they had been gentrifying
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,
FUTURE
Future
I will gentrify
you will gentrify
he/she/it will gentrify
we will gentrify
you will gentrify
they will gentrify
Future continuous
I will be gentrifying
you will be gentrifying
he/she/it will be gentrifying
we will be gentrifying
you will be gentrifying
they will be gentrifying
Future perfect
I will have gentrified
you will have gentrified
he/she/it will have gentrified
we will have gentrified
you will have gentrified
they will have gentrified
Future perfect continuous
I will have been gentrifying
you will have been gentrifying
he/she/it will have been gentrifying
we will have been gentrifying
you will have been gentrifying
they will have been gentrifying
The
future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.
CONDITIONAL
Conditional
I would gentrify
you would gentrify
he/she/it would gentrify
we would gentrify
you would gentrify
they would gentrify
Conditional continuous
I would be gentrifying
you would be gentrifying
he/she/it would be gentrifying
we would be gentrifying
you would be gentrifying
they would be gentrifying
Conditional perfect
I would have gentrify
you would have gentrify
he/she/it would have gentrify
we would have gentrify
you would have gentrify
they would have gentrify
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been gentrifying
you would have been gentrifying
he/she/it would have been gentrifying
we would have been gentrifying
you would have been gentrifying
they would have been gentrifying
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.
IMPERATIVE
Imperative
you gentrify
we let´s gentrify
you gentrify
The
imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Past participle
gentrified
Present Participle
gentrifying
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The
present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The
past participle shows the action after completion.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GENTRIFY»
Discover the use of
gentrify in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
gentrify and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Universal Thoughts of a Black Man: A Book of Poetry
Gentrify. Me. They apply euphemisms to something so depraved Bleak Heart
wrenching even They intend to cosmetically make things better When the
reconfiguring is the ugliest injustice Push aside the natives for the sake of
prosperity ...
2
Sign Wars: The Culture Jammers Strike Back
Space. jam: gentrify. this! To. many, in much of the developed world, the everyday
landscape is one increasingly devoid of history, or rather it has been actively
stripped of that history. These are the spaces of gentrification in our cities, where
...
3
Uneasy Gentrification in Harlem New York City from Multiple ...
uses the Oxford English Dictionary (1993), and the Webster's Dictionary of the
American Language (1988), to dissect it into component parts: gentrify, - fied, -
fying. According to Slater, gentrify means: to “Convert (a working class or inner
city ...
James C. Egede (Sr), 2008
4
Planning in Crisis?: Theoretical Orientations for ...
If, for example, we build a shopping center (=planning measure) in what is
understood to be an underprivileged neighborhood (=initial condition), in order to
gentrify this neighborhood (=desired state, goal), then we are using the following
...
5
Tell This in My Memory: Stories of Enslavement from Egypt, ...
Gentrify. Slaves who lived just before and during 'Ali Mubarak's lifetime can be
found throughout the twenty volumes of Al-Khitat, in the many villages and towns
in Upper and Lower Egypt that he described. Sometimes they serve in the ...
6
Enterprise Mac Administrator’s Guide
Gentrify's. Directcontrol. Centrify is a third party directory solution which includes
server-side software to augment Active Directory, and for OS X clients includes a
custom Directory Service plug-in. From an OS X perspective, Centrify is a rather ...
Charles Edge, Zack Smith, Beau Hunter, 2009
7
A Companion to the City
... ``you cannot have gentrification without being able to do up a house,'' as he
puts it. Redfern claims that both the supply side and the demand side
explanations share a common presumption: that ``gentrifiers gentrify because
they have to.
Gary Bridge, Sophie Watson, 2008
8
Chambers concise dictionary
gentrify geostationary gentrify /'d3Entnfai/ >v (gentrifies, gentrified, gentrifying) 1
to convert or renovate (housing) to conform to middle-class taste. 2 to make (an
area) middle- class. [1970s: from GENTRY] □ gentrification n, derog the change
...
9
Unequal City: London in the Global Arena
One of the problems of this argument is that by no means all young professionals
or managers choose to gentrify. The majority live in the suburbs or even further
afield. There must therefore be some specific reasons why some households ...
10
Roget's Thesaurus of Words for Intellectuals: Synonyms, ...
Only a visit from her favorite nephew could ELEVATE Ann's spirits and calm her
feelings of depression and loss. gentrify (JENN-truh-fie). To take something
rundown, such as a neighborhood, and improve it. Attempts to GENTRIFY the
historic ...
David Olsen, Michelle Bevilacqua, 2011
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GENTRIFY»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
gentrify is used in the context of the following news items.
Voices: Watching 'Jaws' on the water is a step toward keeping Austin …
Newcomers move in, drive up rents, open hipster bars and gentrify neighborhoods. The city's famed "Keep Austin Weird" mantra has been ... «USA TODAY, Jul 15»
Pope Meets With the Poor and LGBTQI On Last Days in Paraguay
García further criticized government plans to gentrify the area, saying they “are not made to favor us and are aimed to displace us.” ... «teleSUR English, Jul 15»
Residents Defeat Plan to Privatize and Demolish Glendale …
As profit-driven private developers continue to gentrify our city, pricing out low income residents and communities of color, we need to build a ... «Socialist Alternative, Jul 15»
Baltimore needs to come together
The whites who gentrify it now and create social divides? The blacks whose communities appear complicit in all this? Pick your punching bag, ... «Baltimore Sun, Jul 15»
Steve Matthews / July 10 at BELMONT
7 Gentrify(L,MTO) 124 Jara 1-5-7 Lewis 7-2. 8 Golden Itiz(L) 120 Velasquez 5-3-6 Jacobson 6-1. 9 Two Seventeen(L) 120 Carmouche 1-3-1 ... «Newsday, Jul 15»
Two maps show gentrification, economic inequality in Charlotte
The group's analysis shows that many neighborhoods in Charlotte's crescent of less well-to-do communities around uptown didn't gentrify. «Charlotte Observer, Jul 15»
Overnight Regulation: New rules target housing segregation
... new housing regulations on Wednesday that are intended to diversify America's wealthier neighborhoods and gentrify poorer neighborhoods ... «The Hill, Jul 15»
HUFFPOST HILL - Detroit Is Alive And Osama Bin Laden Is Dead …
... housing regulations on Wednesday that are intended to diversify America's wealthier neighborhoods and gentrify poorer neighborhoods. «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
'Love where you live', and other lies of gentrification
Gentrify this! Flickr/Spacebahr. Some rights reserved.The marketing mantra of “love where you live” courses through the ongoing ... «Open Democracy, Jul 15»
Gallery: See Modern China Through the Lenses of Contemporary …
Since the 1990s, China has made a huge effort to gentrify its urban centers. While I was considering this rapid rate of construction, I also ... «Asia Society, Jul 15»
