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Definitions for erectɪˈrɛkt

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

e•rectɪˈrɛkt(adj.)

  1. upright and straight in position or posture:

    to sit erect.

  2. raised or directed upward or outward:

    a dog with ears erect.

  3. (of an organ or part) in a state of physiological erection.

  4. (of a plant part) vertical throughout:

    an erect stem.

    Category: Botany

  5. Optics. (of an image) having the same position as the object; not inverted.

    Category: Optics

  6. (v.t.)to build; construct; raise.

    Category: Building Trades

  7. to raise and set in an upright or vertical position.

  8. to set up or establish, as a system or an institution; found.

  9. to bring about; cause to come into existence:

    to erect barriers to progress.

  10. Geom. to draw or construct (a line or figure) upon a given line, base, or the like.

    Category: Math

  11. Optics. to change (an inverted image) to the normal position.

    Category: Optics

  12. (v.i.)to become erect; stand up or out.

Origin of erect:

1350–1400; ME < L ērēctus, ptp. of ērigere to raise, elevate

e•rect′ness(n.)

Princeton's WordNet

  1. erect, vertical, upright(adj)

    upright in position or posture

    "an erect stature"; "erect flower stalks"; "for a dog, an erect tail indicates aggression"; "a column still vertical amid the ruins"; "he sat bolt upright"

  2. tumid, erect(verb)

    of sexual organs; stiff and rigid

  3. raise, erect, rear, set up, put up(verb)

    construct, build, or erect

    "Raise a barn"

  4. rear, erect(verb)

    cause to rise up

Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary

  1. erect(adjective)ɪˈrɛkt

    sitting or standing up very straight

    her erect posture

  2. erect(verb)ɪˈrɛkt

    to build a structure

    The building was erected in 2000.

Wiktionary

  1. erect(Verb)

    To put up by the fitting together of materials or parts.

  2. erect(Verb)

    To cause to stand up or out.

  3. erect(Adjective)

    Upright; vertical or reaching broadly upwards.

  4. erect(Adjective)

    Rigid, firm; standing out perpendicularly.

    5. Origin: From Latin erectus upright, past participle of erigere raise or set up from e- up + regere to direct, keep straight, guide.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Erect(adj)

    upright, or having a vertical position; not inverted; not leaning or bent; not prone; as, to stand erect

  2. Erect(adj)

    directed upward; raised; uplifted

  3. Erect(adj)

    bold; confident; free from depression; undismayed

  4. Erect(adj)

    watchful; alert

  5. Erect(adj)

    standing upright, with reference to the earth's surface, or to the surface to which it is attached

  6. Erect(adj)

    elevated, as the tips of wings, heads of serpents, etc

  7. Erect(verb)

    to raise and place in an upright or perpendicular position; to set upright; to raise; as, to erect a pole, a flagstaff, a monument, etc

  8. Erect(verb)

    to raise, as a building; to build; to construct; as, to erect a house or a fort; to set up; to put together the component parts of, as of a machine

  9. Erect(verb)

    to lift up; to elevate; to exalt; to magnify

  10. Erect(verb)

    to animate; to encourage; to cheer

  11. Erect(verb)

    to set up as an assertion or consequence from premises, or the like

  12. Erect(verb)

    to set up or establish; to found; to form; to institute

  13. Erect(verb)

    to rise upright

Translations for erect

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

erect(verb)

to set up; to put up or to build

They erected a statue in his memory; They plan to erect an office block there.

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