erect

Pronunciation

• IPA ^(key): /ɪˈrɛkt/

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Adjective

Positive erect

Comparative more erect

Superlative most erect

1. An erect object (usually the erectile tissue of a penis) is rigid because of sexual stimulation.

   His penis became erect when he saw a naked woman.

2. Something that is erect is upright or vertical.

   The building was erect.

Verb

Plain form erect

Third-person singular erects

Past tense erected

Past participle erected

Present participle erecting

1. If you erect something, you put it upright.

   to erect a pole, house or monument

   The building was erected in 1983.

Related words

• erection