Meaning & use
Erecting
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Building or constructing something upright, such as a structure or monument; the present participle of 'erect.'
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Workers spent the morning erecting scaffolding around the old church tower.
The town is erecting a statue to honor its founder.
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Erect comes from the Latin erigere, 'to set up straight,' a root shared with 'erection' and 'rectitude.'
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