erected

[ih-rek-tid]

adjective

1. having been built.

   We crossed the river on a newly erected bridge and soon arrived at the intersection of two major trails.

2. having been raised or directed upward, or set in an upright or vertical position.

   Simply attach the door hinges to the erected walls and install the door.

verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of erect.

Other Word Forms

• self-erected adjective
• unerected adjective
• well-erected adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of erected¹

erect ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. )

Example Sentences

But beneath enormous tents erected over a former airport at the edge of the rainforest, nations also adopted some decisions on how to battle climate change.

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Scott Boland's nickname goes back well before requests for a statue to be erected in his honour in Melbourne gathered pace.

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The walls coming down aren’t structural, but they stand nearly 18-foot-tall and were erected to give the house additional space for its fourth floor preview gallery.

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Instead, she said, the memorial should be taken down “for a few thousand dollars” and erected elsewhere.

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There they erected new walls around themselves, to create at least the illusion that Morgan Stanley had no conflict of interest.

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