erect

/ɪɹˈɛkt/

/ɪˈɹɛkt/

to erect

MAIN VERB

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

synonyms : put up

raise

rear

set up

antonyms : level

cause to rise up

synonyms : rear

erect

[ADJECTIVE]

straight, with an upright position

synonyms : upright

vertical

antonyms : unerect

of sexual organs; stiff and rigid

synonyms : tumid

Examples

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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