erect

(Engels)

Adj

1. Upright; vertical or reaching broadly upwards.
2. Rigid, firm; standing out perpendicularly, especially as the result of stimulation.
3. Having an erect penis or clitoris.
4. (obsolete) Bold; confident; free from depression; undismayed.
5. (obsolete) Directed upward; raised; uplifted.
6. Watchful; alert.
7. Elevated, as the tips of wings, heads of serpents, etc.

Verb

1. (transitive) To put up by the fitting together of materials or parts.
2. (transitive) To cause to stand up or out.
3. To raise and place in an upright or perpendicular position; to set upright; to raise.
4. (intransitive) To raise and place in an upright or perpendicular position; to set upright; to raise.
5. (transitive) To lift up; to elevate; to exalt; to magnify.
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.

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ɪˈɹɛkt/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: erect

Geërf van Middle English: erecten

In summary

From Middle English erect, a borrowing from Latin ērectus (“upright”), past participle of ērigō (“raise, set up”), from ē- (“out”) + regō (“to direct, keep straight, guide”).

Sinonieme

upright

build

set up

construct

raise

put up

straight

establish

vertical

stand

found

stand up

make stand

rear

plant

🌱

standing

form

create

direct

make

cause to stand

lift up

lift

install

get up

raise up

perpendicular

stand upright

arise

straightforward

⬆️

erection

assemble

pitch

on end

fix

at attention

standing up

tumid

tall

unsloped

steep

lofty

square

rectify

elevate

rise

produce

correct

stand-up

straight up

Vertalings

erigere

ériger

diritto

eretto

errichten

dresser

rizzare

innalzare

aufrecht

construire

aufrichten

droit

fonder

ανεγείρω

élever