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Princeton's WordNet

  1. erecting, erectionnoun

    the act of building or putting up

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  1. erecting

    Erecting refers to the action of constructing, building, raising, or setting up something in an upright position. It can refer to the building of structures like buildings or monuments, setting up equipment, or the physiological process in which body parts like penis or nipples become firm or rigid. It implies the process of assembly or creation from a state of disassembly or non-existence.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Erecting

    of Erect

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of erecting in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of erecting in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of erecting in a Sentence

  1. Ted Cruz:

    I'm against tariffs. I'm against the trade war, if we're erecting barriers and shutting down trade, that is a bad thing. This is one of the few issues where Congressman Democratic Rep. Beto O'Rourke and I have some common ground.

  2. Janet Yellen:

    China is undercutting American companies by dumping products, erecting trade barriers, and giving away subsidies to corporations.

  3. Albert Einstein:

    Creating a new theory is not like destroying an old barn and erecting a skyscraper in its place. It is rather like climbing a mountain, gaining new and wider views, discovering unexpected connections between our starting points and its rich environment. But the point from which we started out still exists and can be seen, although it appears smaller and forms a tiny part of our broad view gained by the mastery of the obstacles on our adventurous way up.

  4. John Calvin:

    It is said that this idol provoked to jealousy, because the Jews by erecting this idol trod under foot their God, or at least endeavored to prostrate his glory.”

  5. Emma Winger:

    The government locks people up — often in remote facilities far from family and legal services providers — while erecting arbitrary barriers to accessing counsel, immigrants in detention should not have to struggle to have private conversations with their lawyers. The stakes are too high.

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