noun
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the act of erecting or the state of being erected
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something that has been erected; a building or construction
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physiol the enlarged state or condition of erectile tissues or organs, esp the penis, when filled with blood
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an erect penis
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Origin of erection
First recorded in 1495–1505, erection is from the Late Latin word ērēctiōn- (stem of ērēctiō ). See erect, -ion
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One key statute forbids the erection of any building or structure on federal grounds in the District of Columbia without express permission from Congress.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
Not just with the erection of the fence in Hungary but, among several examples, the deployment of riot police in Croatia, and migrants being detained in Slovenia.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2025
Dr. Sarah Furness, the Lord-Lieutenant of Rutland, commissioned the statue's erection after the queen's death.
From Salon ● Apr. 23, 2024
The erection of several wind turbines is viewed by the Golan villagers as an encroachment.
From Reuters ● Jun. 21, 2023
Three weeks later, Groves ordered the erection of a 2,100-column thermal diffusion plant at Oak Ridge.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
A few decades earlier, Chicago homebuilders began using a technique called “balloon-frame construction,” replacing cumbersome erections of beams and joists with rapidly built skeletons of precut lumber and nails.
From Slate ● Nov. 26, 2018
On the plus side, some men report improved erections when their high cholesterol was treated with statins, said Dr. Steven Nissen, chairman of the department of cardiology at the Cleveland Clinic.
From New York Times ● Apr. 3, 2015
For instance, some men become impotent after surgery for prostate or rectal cancer because the nerves that regulate erections, which run through the rectum and prostate into the centre of the penis, can get damaged.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 4, 2014
That is convincing evidence that the birds' erections are controlled by the lymph system, the researchers say.
From Scientific American ● Dec. 8, 2011
Nor was the building unworthy of its proud position: originally an abbey, its architecture still displayed the elaborate embellishment which characterized the erections of the latter part of the sixteenth century.
From The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. I (of II) by Charles James Lever
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