Meaning

10 senses
  1. (transitive)To put up by the fitting together of materials or parts.

    to erect a house or a fort

    сооружатьsooružatʹ, устана́вливатьustanávlivatʹ, возводитьvozvoditʹ

  2. (transitive)To cause to stand up or out.

    выпрямлятьvyprjamljatʹ, распрямлятьrasprjamljatʹ

    cause to rise up

  3. To raise and place in an upright or perpendicular position; to set upright; to raise.

    to erect a pole, a flagstaff, a monument, etc.

  4. To raise and place in an upright or perpendicular position; to set upright; to raise.

    (intransitive)To spin up and align to vertical.

    As soon as electrical power was restored, the attitude indicators' gyros would have begun to erect.

  5. (transitive)To lift up; to elevate; to exalt; to magnify.

    , Preface I, who am a party, am not to erect myself into a judge.

  6. (transitive)To animate; to encourage; to cheer.

  7. (transitive)To cast or draw up (a figure of the heavens, horoscope etc.).

  8. (intransitive)To enter a state of physiological erection.

  9. (transitive)To set up as an assertion or consequence from premises, etc.

  10. (transitive)To set up or establish; to found; to form; to institute.

Examples

56 sentences
  1. Churches were erected all over the island.

    ruПо всему острову были возведены церкви.

    deAuf der gesamten Insel wurden Kirchen errichtet.

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  2. This statue was erected ten years ago.

    ruЭту статую воздвигли десять лет назад.

    deDieses Standbild wurde vor zehn Jahren errichtet.

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  3. A monument was erected in memory of the deceased.

    ruВ память об умершем был воздвигнут памятник.

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  4. The soldiers have erected a peace monument.

    Солдати спорудили монумент миру.

    ruСолдаты воздвигли монумент мира.

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  5. A cenotaph is a monument erected to honour the dead whose bodies lie elsewhere.

    Кенотаф — це пам'ятник, що споруджено на честь тих, чиї тіла поховано в іншому місті.

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Translations

4 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
to put up by the fitting together of materials or parts:
to cause to stand up or out:

Origin

From Middle English erecten, from the adjective (see above).

From Middle English erecten, from the adjective (see above).

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Forms

erects, erecting, erected, erected
Base formerect · to erect
3rd person singularerects
Present participleerecting
Past simpleerected
Past participleerected

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyerect
he, she, iterects

Past simpleLesson

all personserected

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave erected
he, she, ithas erected

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill erect

Synonyms

5 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

10 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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