erect

Significado (English)

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. To put up by the fitting together of materials or parts.
2. To cause to stand up or out.
3. To raise and place in an upright or perpendicular position; to set upright; to raise.
4. To raise and place in an upright or perpendicular position; to set upright; to raise.
5. To lift up; to elevate; to exalt; to magnify.
6. To animate; to encourage; to cheer.
7. To cast or draw up (a figure of the heavens, horoscope etc.).
8. To enter a state of physiological erection.
9. To set up as an assertion or consequence from premises, etc.
10. To set up or establish; to found; to form; to institute.

Synonyms

upright

build

set up

construct

raise

put up

straight

establish

vertical

stand

stand up

found

make stand

rear

plant

🌱

standing

create

form

make

direct

cause to stand

perpendicular

install

raise up

lift

lift up

get up

stand upright

straightforward

⬆️

arise

assemble

erection

on end

pitch

fix

unsloped

elevate

standing up

steep

straight up

tumid

rise

stand-up

tall

produce

correct

set upright

square

at attention

lofty

rectify

right hand

rigid

set

setting up

setup

sheer

sit up

sprightly

stack

standing on end

staunch

stiff

straighten up

superimpose

taut

tense

true

trusty

unflagging

up

🆙

uplift

upraise

upstanding

upturned

vertically

vivacious

work

put in place

rig up

stand erect

make straight

orthostatic

rise perpendicularly

tip-tilted

place upright

be straight

cause to rise

fitting-on

erection work

above

assemble manufacture

adjustment

assemblage

brick

bristling

building

build up

built

cocked

compose

construction

🚧

devise

do

elongated

erectly

fabricate

faithful

firm

fit

fitting

formulate

frame

hang

high

hoist

instal

instalment

lean on

long

loyal

manufacture

mount

mounting

nominate

oval

place

plants

plaster

plumb

precipitous

promote

proud

put together

rear up

receive

reinstallation

retrousse

rig

rigging

right

right angle

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ɪˈɹɛkt/

Etimologia (English)

Inherited from inglês médio: erect

Inherited from inglês médio: 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”).