Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to erect
Participle: erected
Gerund: erecting
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | erect |
| you | erect |
| he;she;it | erects |
| we | erect |
| you | erect |
| they | erect |
Perfect
| I | have erected |
| you | have erected |
| he;she;it | has erected |
| we | have erected |
| you | have erected |
| they | have erected |
Past
| I | erected |
| you | erected |
| he;she;it | erected |
| we | erected |
| you | erected |
| they | erected |
Pluperfect
| I | had erected |
| you | had erected |
| he;she;it | had erected |
| we | had erected |
| you | had erected |
| they | had erected |
Future
| I | will erect |
| you | will erect |
| he;she;it | will erect |
| we | will erect |
| you | will erect |
| they | will erect |
Future Perfect
| I | will have erected |
| you | will have erected |
| he;she;it | will have erected |
| we | will have erected |
| you | will have erected |
| they | will have erected |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | erect |
| you | erect |
| he;she;it | erect |
| we | erect |
| you | erect |
| they | erect |
Perfect
| I | have erected |
| you | have erected |
| he;she;it | have erected |
| we | have erected |
| you | have erected |
| they | have erected |
Imperfect
| I | erected |
| you | erected |
| he;she;it | erected |
| we | erected |
| you | erected |
| they | erected |
Pluperfect
| I | had erected |
| you | had erected |
| he;she;it | had erected |
| we | had erected |
| you | had erected |
| they | had erected |
Conditional
Present
| I | would erect |
| you | would erect |
| he;she;it | would erect |
| we | would erect |
| you | would erect |
| they | would erect |
Perfect
| I | would have erected |
| you | would have erected |
| he;she;it | would have erected |
| we | would have erected |
| you | would have erected |
| they | would have erected |
Imperative
| you | erect |
| we | Let's erect |
| you | erect |
Verbs conjugated like 'erect'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'erect'
eject,
elect,
eruct,
exect,
aret,
arrect,
crest,
defect,
deject,
detect,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to construct
- artifice, betimber, build, build up, compile, construct, edify, extruct, fabricate, fashion, form, make, manufacture, produce, put together, put up, rear, timber, upbuild
- build
- fabricate, construct, raise, upraise
- establish
- found, institute
Antonyms
- establish
- destroy, liquidate, dissolve, defeat
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. c.1386, from L.
erectus "upright," pp. of
erigere "raise or set up," from
e- "up" +
regere "to direct, keep straight, guide" (see regal).
Erection is 1503; of the penis, 1594.
2. From Middle English erecten, from the adjective (see above).
Verbs referencing "erect"
Spanish
erigir, Ido erektar.
Sample Sentences
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On the ringing of a bell, the pupils all repaired, without any guide or leader, to a spacious music-hall, where they took their seats in an orchestra erected for that purpose, and listened with manifest delight to a voluntary on the organ, played by one of themselves. At its conclusion, the performer, a boy of nineteen or twenty, gave place to a girl; [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] his to his sleeping cell to eat it, where he is locked up, alone, for that purpose, one hour. The whole of this arrangement struck me as being admirable; and I hope that the next new prison we erect in England may be built on this plan.
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[...] with rows of grand old elm-trees; and the same natural ornaments surround Yale College, an establishment of considerable eminence and reputation. The various departments of this Institution are erected in a kind of park or common in the middle of the town, where they are dimly visible among the shadowing trees. The effect is very like that of an old cathedral yard in England; and when their [...]
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The women work in covered sheds, erected for that purpose. If I remember right, there are no shops for the men, but be that as it may, the greater part of them labour in certain stone-quarries near at hand. The day being very wet indeed, [...]
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[...] five years; the whole of the previous collection having been destroyed by fire. The elegant structure in which they are arranged is one of design rather than execution, for there is but one side erected out of four, though the works are stopped. The Post Office is a very compact and very beautiful building. In one of the departments, among a collection of rare and curious articles, are deposited [...]
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As we were not to proceed upon our journey until the afternoon, I walked out, after breakfast the next morning, to look about me; and was duly shown a model prison on the solitary system, just erected, and as yet without an inmate; the trunk of an old tree to which Harris, the first settler here (afterwards buried under it ), was tied by hostile Indians, with his funeral pile about him, when he [...]
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There are three free-schools already erected, and in full operation in this city. A fourth is building, and will soon be opened.
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[...] removals, and always with pain, though he knew that they departed for their own good. The question whether this tribe should go or stay, had been discussed among them a day or two before, in a hut erected for the purpose, the logs of which still lay upon the ground before the inn. When the speaking was done, the ayes and noes were ranged on opposite sides, and every male adult voted in his turn. [...]
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[...] takes its winding way among the heights by which the town is sheltered; and seen from this point is extremely beautiful and picturesque. On the most conspicuous of these heights stood a monument erected by the Provincial Legislature in memory of General Brock, who was slain in a battle with the American forces, after having won the victory. Some vagabond, supposed to be a fellow of the name of [...]
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There is a very large Catholic cathedral here, recently erected with two tall spires, of which one is yet unfinished. In the open space in front of this edifice, stands a solitary, grim-looking, square brick tower, which has a quaint and remarkable appearance, [...]
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