upzone

U1P3Z10O1N1E1

verb

To rezone for more intensive use.

Opposite
Scrabble 17

Meanings

verbupzone (third-person singular simple present upzones, present participle upzoning, simple past and past participle upzoned)

present singular third person upzones · participle present upzoning · participle past upzoned · past upzoned

  1. UStransitiveTo rezone for more intensive use.

    For example, a neighborhood of single-family homes may be upzoned to multifamily residential or a mixed-use (commercial plus residential) zone.

    2001, Randal O'Toole, The vanishing automobile and other urban myths
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    This won't be easy. The pronatalists combine conservative social nudges (get married, start a family) with liberal policy objectives (give parents more money, upzone the suburbs), which makes for tricky politics.

    2025 February 23, Marc Novicoff, “The Loneliness of the Conservative Pronatalist”, in The Atlantic, archived from the original on 24 Feb 2025

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APA

upzone. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/upzone

MLA

“upzone.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/upzone. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “upzone,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/upzone.

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