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to erect

to erect

80 4.1
Build something like a wall or statue
  • verb
  • /ɪˈrɛkt/
translation icon : erigir
  • They decided to erect a statue in honor of the town's founder.
  • erect a wall
  • erect a building
  • erect a house

There's a Fort erected to him in Montana.

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Examples

  • As a result, the three institutions joined in a plan to erect the telescope in Arizona.

    Academic text (1991)

  • Excavations have shown that the owners erected a retaining wall in an attempt to control the runoff.

    Academic text (2011)

  • Upon this rock I shall erect my kingdom.

    Harold and the Purple Crayon (2024)

  • I'll erect street signs so no one gets lost.

    In Other Words (2020)

  • All right, time to erect my shelf.

  • ...since we erected this wall...

    Warm Bodies (2013)

  • The council altar, erected in front of the high altar, was just in front of us.

    Academic text (2013)

  • The Anchor walks us through the hospital tent that has been erected on the parade grounds.

    Fiction book (1993)

  • A tribunal was erected in the middle of the camp and generals and tribunes formed a grand military council.

    Pledge Night (1990)

  • Under lights, a crew of bricklayers is erecting a ten-foot wall where a street once ran unimpeded.

    Fiction book (1993)

Synonyms

to set up
vsto erect
983 2.7

To assemble and prepare equipment or objects so they are ready to use

refers specifically to actual building activities rather than general arranging or preparing
to go up
vsto erect
95 2.0

To be built

emphasizes the action of someone building rather than the simple result
to put up
vsto erect
59 3.0

Build something like a wall or sign

is used for building larger permanent works like monuments rather than small items
to raise
vsto erect
46 3.7

To build a structure like a house or barn

focuses on general building rather than the slow assembling process
to rear
vsto erect
4 7.0

To build a structure like a house or barn

is applied more broadly to build various things including walls and smaller structures

Antonyms

to dismantle
64 4.2

Take something apart into separate pieces

to demolish
54 3.7

Completely destroy a building or large structure

Compounds

erect bugle
  • UK
9.9

A plant that grows upright with bright blue flowers each year

How Complex

to construct
201 3.5
to build
∞ 1.0
to erect
80 4.1
to assemble
169 2.9
to make
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

erect infinitive
erected past
erected past participle
erecting present participle
erects third person singular

Etymology

Erect as a verb comes from the Latin eregere 'to raise up', the same root as erectus, so it literally means to 'put up' or 'raise' something. That's why we say workers erect a building or monument — they are 'raising it up' into place.