erect meaning
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[-ɛkt] WErect
- Erect may refer to:
- Erect (position), something having an essentially upright position or vertical habit
- Erect, North Carolina, an unincorporated community in Randolph County, United States
- Erect chickweed (Moenchia erecta), a plant species
- Erect clematis (Clematis recta), a plant species
- Erect-crested penguin (Eudyptes sclateri), a penguin species from New Zealand
- Erect image, an image that appears right-side up in optics
- Erect prickly pear (Opuntia stricta), a sprawling shrub species
- Erect the Youth Problem, the only album released by American punk trio Wives
- VerbSGerectsPRerectingPT, PPerected
- (transitive) To put up by the fitting together of materials or parts.
- to erect a house or a fort
- (transitive) To cause to stand up or out.
- To raise and place in an upright or perpendicular position; to set upright; to raise.
- to erect a pole, a flagstaff, a monument, etc.
- To lift up; to elevate; to exalt; to magnify.
- To animate; to encourage; to cheer.
- (astrology) To cast or draw up (a figure of the heavens, horoscope etc.).
- To set up as an assertion or consequence from premises, etc.
- To set up or establish; to found; to form; to institute.
- (transitive) To put up by the fitting together of materials or parts.
- AdjectiveCOMmore erectSUPmost erect
- More Examples
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- The building was erected in two years, at the parochial expence, on the foundation of the former one, which was irreparably damaged by the hurricane of Auguſt, 1712.
- Lodging was determined as standability of plants in plot at maturity using a scale of 1 to 5 (1, erect plants; 5, prostrate plants).
- The workers are erecting the new building right now.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of erect in English Dictionary
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Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this word "erect" is an adjective. It's also a verb, more specifically, a transitive verb.