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{
"term": "erect",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "c1",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "erect",
"heSheIt": "erects"
},
"pastSimple": "erected",
"pastParticiple": "erected",
"ingForm": "erecting"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "to build something",
"sensetop": "erect something",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The church was erected in 1582."
},
{
"text": "A large monument was erected on the battlefield."
},
{
"text": "the newly erected station buildings"
}
],
"topics": ["Buildings"],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["hastily", "quickly", "specially"],
"preposition": ["around", "on"],
"phrases": ["newly erected", "recently erected"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "to put something in position so that it stands upright",
"sensetop": "erect something",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Police had to erect barriers to keep crowds back."
},
{
"text": "to erect a tent"
},
{
"text": "The event will take place in a specially erected marquee."
},
{
"text": "An electric fence was erected around the campus."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["hastily", "quickly", "specially"],
"preposition": ["around", "on"],
"phrases": ["newly erected", "recently erected"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "to create or establish something",
"sensetop": "erect something",
"examples": [
{
"text": "to erect trade barriers"
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ɪˈrekt/",
"audio": "er/erect/erect__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ɪˈrekts/",
"audio": "er/erect/erects__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ɪˈrektɪd/",
"audio": "er/erect/erected__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ɪˈrektɪŋ/",
"audio": "er/erect/erecting__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ɪˈrekt/",
"audio": "er/erect/erect__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ɪˈrekts/",
"audio": "er/erect/erects__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ɪˈrektɪd/",
"audio": "er/erect/erected__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ɪˈrektɪŋ/",
"audio": "er/erect/erecting__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": null
}