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e·rect

(ĭ-rĕkt′)

adj.

1. Being in a vertical, upright position: an erect lily stalk; an erect posture.

2. Being in a stiff, rigid physiological condition, especially as the result of sexual stimulation.

tr.v. e·rect·ed, e·rect·ing, e·rects

1. To construct by assembling: erect a skyscraper.

2. To raise to a rigid or upright condition.

3. To fix in an upright position.

4. To set up; establish: erect a dynasty.

5. Mathematics To construct (a perpendicular, for example) from or on a given base.

[Middle English, from Latin ērēctus, past participle of ērigere, to set up : ē-, ex-, ex- + regere, to guide; see reg- in Indo-European roots.]

e·rect′a·ble adj.

e·rect′ly adv.

e·rect′ness n.

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erect

(ɪˈrɛkt)

adj

1. upright in posture or position; not bent or leaning: an erect stance.

2. (General Physics) (of an optical image) having the same orientation as the object; not inverted

3. (Physiology) physiol (of the penis, clitoris, or nipples) firm or rigid after swelling with blood, esp as a result of sexual excitement

4. (Botany) (of plant parts) growing vertically or at right angles to the parts from which they arise

vb (mainly tr)

5. to put up; construct; build

6. to raise to an upright position; lift up: to erect a flagpole.

7. to found or form; set up

8. (Physiology) (also intr) physiol to become or cause to become firm or rigid by filling with blood

9. to hold up as an ideal; exalt

10. (General Physics) optics to change (an inverted image) to an upright position

11. (Mathematics) to draw or construct (a line, figure, etc) on a given line or figure, esp at right angles to it

[C14: from Latin ērigere to set up, from regere to control, govern]

eˈrectable adj

eˈrectly adv

eˈrectness n

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e•rect

(ɪˈrɛkt)

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.

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

v.t.

6. to build; construct; raise.

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.

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

v.i.

12. to become erect; stand up or out.

[1350–1400; Middle English < Latin ērēctus, past participle of ērigere to raise, elevate]

e•rect′a•ble, adj.

e•rect′ly, adv.

e•rect′ness, n.

erect

Past participle: erected
Gerund: erecting

Imperative
erect
erect

Present
I erect
you erect
he/she/it erects
we erect
you erect
they erect

Preterite
I erected
you erected
he/she/it erected
we erected
you erected
they erected

Present Continuous
I am erecting
you are erecting
he/she/it is erecting
we are erecting
you are erecting
they are erecting

Present Perfect
I have erected
you have erected
he/she/it has erected
we have erected
you have erected
they have erected

Past Continuous
I was erecting
you were erecting
he/she/it was erecting
we were erecting
you were erecting
they were erecting

Past Perfect
I had erected
you had erected
he/she/it had erected
we had erected
you had erected
they had erected

Future
I will erect
you will erect
he/she/it will erect
we will erect
you will erect
they will erect

Future Perfect
I will have erected
you will have erected
he/she/it will have erected
we will have erected
you will have erected
they will have erected

Future Continuous
I will be erecting
you will be erecting
he/she/it will be erecting
we will be erecting
you will be erecting
they will be erecting

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been erecting
you have been erecting
he/she/it has been erecting
we have been erecting
you have been erecting
they have been erecting

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been erecting
you will have been erecting
he/she/it will have been erecting
we will have been erecting
you will have been erecting
they will have been erecting

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been erecting
you had been erecting
he/she/it had been erecting
we had been erecting
you had been erecting
they had been erecting

Conditional
I would erect
you would erect
he/she/it would erect
we would erect
you would erect
they would erect

Past Conditional
I would have erected
you would have erected
he/she/it would have erected
we would have erected
you would have erected
they would have erected

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Verb	1.	erect - construct, build, or erect; "Raise a barn" put up, set up, rear, raise construction, building - the act of constructing something; "during the construction we had to take a detour"; "his hobby was the building of boats" build, construct, make - make by combining materials and parts; "this little pig made his house out of straw"; "Some eccentric constructed an electric brassiere warmer"
	2.	erect - cause to rise up rear pitch, set up - erect and fasten; "pitch a tent" lift, raise, elevate, get up, bring up - raise from a lower to a higher position; "Raise your hands"; "Lift a load" cock up, prick up, prick - raise; "The dog pricked up his ears"
Adj.	1.	erect - 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" upright, vertical unerect - not upright in position or posture
	2.	erect - of sexual organs; stiff and rigid tumid physiology - the branch of the biological sciences dealing with the functioning of organisms hard - resisting weight or pressure

erect

verb

1. build, raise, set up, lift, pitch, mount, stand up, rear, construct, put up, assemble, put together, elevate Demonstrators have erected barricades in the roads.
build destroy, dismantle, demolish, tear down, raze

2. found, establish, form, create, set up, institute, organize, put up, initiate the edifice of free trade which has been erected since the war

adjective

1. upright, raised, straight, standing, stiff, firm, rigid, vertical, elevated, perpendicular, pricked-up Her head was erect and her back was straight.
upright relaxed, leaning, bent, prone, limp, horizontal, supine, flaccid, recumbent

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erect

adjective

Directed or pointed upward:

raised, upright, upstanding.

verb

1. To make or form (a structure):

build, construct, put up, raise, rear.

2. To raise upright:

pitch, put up, raise, rear, set up, upraise, uprear.

Translations

مُنْتَصِب، قائِميَرِفَعُيُقيمُ ، يَنْصُبُ

byggeopførerejseret

errichten aufrecht aufrichten aufstellen bauen

ανεγείρω στήνω

erecto erguido erigir levantar montar

droit ériger fonder monter direct

koma upp; reisa; byggjareisauppréttur

eretto erigere irto rizzare ergere

stačiaistatumasstatymas

taisnsuzbūvētuzceltuzslietvertikāls

oppreist rank sette i opprettstående stilling

vztýčený

pokoncipostaviti

dikdik duruma getirmekdikine koymakdikmek

坚立坚立的建立

erect

[ɪˈrekt]

A. ADJ [person, head, posture] → erguido, derecho; [plant, stem] → vertical, recto; [tail, ears] → tieso, parado (LAm) (Physiol) [penis] → erecto

B. ADV to walk erect → caminar derecho or erguido
to hold o.s. or stand erect → mantenerse derecho or erguido

C. VT [+ monument, statue, temple] → erigir (frm); [+ mast, wall, building, barricade] → levantar; [+ tent, scaffolding] → montar

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erect

[ɪˈrɛkt]

adj

[head] → droit(e); [tail, ears] → dressé(e)

[penis] → en érection

(= upright) [posture] → droit(e)
to hold o.s. erect → se tenir droit

vt (= build) → construire

(= put up) [+ monument] → ériger, élever
to erect a memorial to sb → ériger un monument à la mémoire de qn

[+ tent] → dresser

erect

vt wall, building → bauen; statue, memorial, altar → errichten (to sb jdm); machinery, traffic signs, collapsible furniture → aufstellen; scaffolding → aufstellen, aufbauen; tent → aufschlagen; mast, flagpole → aufrichten; (fig) barrier → errichten, aufbauen; system → aufstellen

adj

(= upright) person, posture, plant → aufrecht; head → hoch erhoben; stem → gerade; tail → erhoben; ears → aufgestellt; to stand erect → gerade stehen; to walk erect → aufrecht gehen

(Physiol) penis → erigiert, steif; clitoris, nipples → erigiert, aufgerichtet

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erect

[ɪˈrɛkt]

1. (frm) vt (statue, monument, temple) → erigere; (flats, factory) → costruire; (barricade, mast) → innalzare; (machinery, tent) → montare; (theory, system) → edificare; (obstacles) → creare

2. adj → eretto/a, dritto/a
with head erect → a testa alta

erect

(iˈrekt) adjective

upright. He held his head erect.

verb

1. to set up; to put up or to build. They erected a statue in his memory; They plan to erect an office block there.

2. to set upright (a mast etc).

eˈrection (-ʃən) noun

eˈrectly adverb

eˈrectness noun

erect

adj erecto

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Little pyramids of truth he erected and after erecting knocked them down again that he might have the truths to erect other pyramids.

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From the very beginning, at Tuskegee, I was determined to have the students do not only the agricultural and domestic work, but to have them erect their own buildings.

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Chairman and Gintlemen," said the Other, "it sames to me, and I'm hopin' yez wull approve the suggistion, that an appropriet way to honour the mimory of the decaised would be to erect an emolument sootably inscribed wid his vartues."

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He walked erect, and rather rapidly, and he was always alone, which made Pollyanna vaguely sorry for him.

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She stayed there, erect, holding to the banister rail and looking out calmly in the distance across the fields.

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My lord proposed to erect a miniature Babylon amid similar pleasant surroundings, a little dream-city by the sea, a home for the innocent pleasure-seeker stifled by the puritanism of the great towns, refugium peccatorum in this island of the saints.

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Both the propositions are unjust; for if we agree with what the few propose we erect a tyranny: for if it should happen that an individual should have more than the rest who are rich, according to oligarchical justice, this man alone has a right to the supreme power; but if superiority of numbers is to prevail, injustice will then be done by confiscating the property of the rich, who are few, as we have already said.

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The trees were lithe, mirthful, erect -- bright, slender, and graceful, -- of eastern figure and foliage, with bark smooth, glossy, and parti-colored.

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After she had passed fifty, nobody could tell her age; erect and silent always, she resembled a wooden figure working automatically.

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. This Tablet Is erected to his Memory By his Sister.

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"All these monuments which you see," said the Monkey, "are erected in honor of my ancestors, who were in their day freedmen and citizens of great renown." The Fox replied, "You have chosen a most appropriate subject for your falsehoods, as I am sure none of your ancestors will be able to contradict you."

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How many generations of the majestic trees which overshadow them have grown and flourished and decayed since first they were erected!

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