Synonym: build, construct, straight, upright, vertical. Antonym: demolish, destroy, ruin. Similar words: direct, correct, rectify, directly, director, correctly, direction, in all directions. Meaning: [ɪ'rekt] 
v. 1. construct, build, or erect 2. cause to rise up. adj. 1. upright in position or posture 2. of sexual organs; stiff and rigid.
v. 1. construct, build, or erect 2. cause to rise up. adj. 1. upright in position or posture 2. of sexual organs; stiff and rigid. 
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1. Martin stood erect on the platform.
2. He sat very erect, listening intently.
3. He is a man of erect and soldierly bearing.
4. She held her head erect and her back straight.
5. Stand reasonably erect, your arms hanging naturally.
6. Angry animals erect the mane.
7. Police had to erect barriers to keep crowds back.
8. We all unconsciously erect barriers against intimacy.
9. There is an erect pine.
10. Six policemen started to erect a roadblock.
11. He's very tall and erect for his 78 years.
12. He stayed on with an erect posture by the window.
13. Hold your head erect.
14. She held her head erect as she walked proudly up to the platform.
15. They planned to put up/erect a statue to the President.
16. The soldiers stand erect.
17. It took a couple of hours to erect the tent.
18. Hold the upper back and neck in an erect position to give support for the head.
19. She seems more erect, like a bird.
20. Other status groups erect less formidable barriers to entry.
21. The rabbit looked all around, with its ears erect.
22. Officials plan to erect a monument in Lindbergh's honor.
23. She sat erect, holding her chin high, waiting.
24. On limp legs,[Sentencedict.com ] I stood erect.
25. The headstones were all erect and orderly.
26. The 8-year-olds sat erect at their desks.
27. Thatcher erect new barrier to monetary unity.
28. Her legs were long and fine, her hips slender, her carriage erect.
29. The main structure takes only about 40 man-hours to erect.
30. He walked at a rapid pace with his back straight and his head held erect.
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