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- pronunciation:
- ih
rekt
- parts of speech:
- adjective, transitive verb, intransitive verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective, verb), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition 1: |
upright in posture or position.
The teacher told the students to sit erect in their seats.
- synonyms:
- up, upright
- antonyms:
- recumbent, slumping
- similar words:
- stand-up, standing, straight
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| definition 2: |
rigidly directed upward or outward; not limp.
The dog held his ears erect at the sound.- synonyms:
- up
- antonyms:
- floppy, limp
- similar words:
- rigid, stiff
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| definition 3: |
not spreading or inclined; vertical.
Most trees grow erect even if the ground slopes.- synonyms:
- upright, vertical
- antonyms:
- flat, horizontal, recumbent
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
erects, erecting, erected |
| definition 1: |
to establish and construct; build.
They are erecting a house on that lot now.She's erected a new theoretical model.- synonyms:
- build, raise, rear, uprear
- antonyms:
- demolish, dismantle, tear down
- similar words:
- construct, fabricate
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| definition 2: |
to raise into a vertical or upright position.
The columns that had fallen were being erected.- synonyms:
- raise, rear, stand
- similar words:
- lift, right, rise, upraise, uprear, upright
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| definition 3: |
in geometry, to draw (a figure) upon a defined line or other base.
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| related words: |
build, found, pitch, stand |
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| definition: |
to assume an upright, vertical, or outwardly directed position.
- synonyms:
- stand
- similar words:
- right, rise
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| related words: |
stand |
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| derivations: |
erectable (adj.), erectly (adv.), erectness (n.) |
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