erection

Meaning

1. (uncountable) The act of building or putting up or together of something.
2. (countable) Anything erected or built.
3. (countable, uncountable) Formal approval and official establishment of an institution such as a society or a monastery by higher church authorities.
4. (uncountable) The physiological process by which erectile tissue, such as a penis or clitoris, becomes erect by being engorged with blood.
5. (uncountable) The state or quality of being erect from engorgement with blood.
6. (countable) A penis or clitoris that is erect.

Synonyms

building

construction

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hard-on

assembly

erecting

mounting

erect

establishment

putting up

framework

organisation

assemblage

hardon

constructing

setting up

standing

fitting

structure

organization

boner

putting

raising

receive

reinstallation

resurgence

rig

rigging

setting

stand-up

stiffening

superimpose

upright

rig up

stiffy

standing erect

have an erection

training

fitting-on

erection work

adjustment

nanofabrication

assemble

assembling

build

constitution

construct

downtime

edifice

fabric

fix

fixing

hang

install

installation

instalment

manufacturing

montage

morning glory

morning wood

phallus

Translations

érection

Erektion

erección

Errichtung

construction

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erectie

yapı

Montage

ereksiyon

Bauen

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɪˈɹɛkʃən/

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ērectiō, ērectiōnis, noun of action from perfect passive participle ērectus, from verb erigō, from prefix ē- (“out of”) + regō, + action suffix -iō.