erect

/ɪɹˈɛkt/

/ɪˈɹɛkt/

[verbe] [adjectif]

to erect

[VERBE]

MAIN VERB

construire

to construct, build, or assemble something in an upright position, typically referring to the creation of a structure or object that stands vertically

Synonymes : put up

raise

rear

set up

Antonymes : level

erect

[ADJECTIF]

droit

straight, with an upright position

Synonymes : upright

vertical

Antonymes : unerect

Exemples

1. To this general, the French people erected a monument.

2. Still later, the war-weary French people erected another monument, this one to a minister of war, Andre Maginot.

3. Her name has erected a glass cathedral around me.

4. So the Romney campaign and the RNC have erected a parallel organization.

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