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See Also:

• past participle of erect.
• past tense form of erect.

erected

American  

[ih-rek-tid] / ɪˈrɛk tɪd /

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.

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verb

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

Other Word Forms

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

Etymology

Origin of erected

erect ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. )

Example Sentences

Erected by U-District booster and developer Charles Cowen in 1915, the vaudeville/silent movie house was an attractive addition to the neighborhood.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 23, 2023

Erected in 1981 as part of a larger complex housing Ukraine’s national World War II museum, the Mother Ukraine monument stood on the right bank of the Dnipro River in Kyiv, facing eastwards toward Moscow.

From Washington Times • Aug. 6, 2023

Erected on the centenary of the 1918 pandemic, it commemorated the many Barre residents who had died of the flu.

From Washington Post • Jun. 16, 2022

Erected a century ago to be the center of the home textiles industry in the United States, it still has the shiny gold loom logo over the entrance to prove it.

From New York Times • Apr. 29, 2022

Erected in the air; having no solid foundation; chimerical; as, an airÐbuilt castle.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah