erect

Phonetic

US /ɪˈrekt/UK /ɪˈrekt/

Translations

ADJUpright; vertical or reaching broadly upwards., Rigid, firm; standing out perpendicularly, especially as the result of stimulation., Having an erect penis., Bold; confident; free from depression; undismayed., Directed upward; raised; uplifted., Watchful; alert., Elevated, as the tips of wings, heads of serpents, etc.

VERBTo put up by the fitting together of materials or parts., To cause to stand up or out., To raise and place in an upright or perpendicular position; to set upright; to raise., To raise and place in an upright or perpendicular position; to set upright; to raise. To spin up and align to vertical., To lift up; to elevate; to exalt; to magnify., To animate; to encourage; to cheer., To enter a state of physiological erection., To set up as an assertion or consequence from premises, etc., To set up or establish; to found; to form; to institute., To cast or draw up (a figure of the heavens, horoscope etc.).

Variants

erects: Third Person Singular
erecting: Present Participle
erected: Past Participle, Past Tense

Examples

Shrub expansion, particularly of erect shrubs, was associated with greater species losses and decreasing species richness.
Source:www.nature.com
As a private home, it would need to be adapted for the couple’s concept, but the acreage/ˈeɪkərɪdʒ/ offered ample space to erect glamping outbuildings.
Source:www.nytimes.com
Shrub expansion, particularly of erect shrubs, was associated with greater species losses and decreasing species richness.
Source:www.nature.com
India’s economic prospects often look to businesses that erect homes, produce consumer staples, manufacture inexpensive vehicles and provide basic services like electricity or discretionary ones like travel
Source:www.economist.com
The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines the word “penguin” as “any of various erect short-legged flightless aquatic birds (family Spheniscidae) of the southern hemisphere
Source:www.scientificamerican.com

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