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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. Roger Hallam:

    I want to fully acknowledge the unimaginable suffering caused by the Nazi Holocaust that led to all of Europe saying ‘never again,' but it is happening again, on a far greater scale and in plain sight. The global north is pumping lethal levels of CO2 into the atmosphere and simultaneously erecting ever greater barriers to immigration, turning whole regions of the world into death zones.

  2. Janet Yellen:

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

  3. Al Fontenot:

    In this sense, the post data collection activities are like building a house -- one can not apply dry wall before erecting the walls, any more than one could lay floor tile before the floor is constructed. There is an order of steps that must be maintained.

  4. Superintendent Kirk Carpenter:

    To get a project like this done in a month’s time was absolutely amazing, no one's going to change what we do at that high school, and that's to make sure learning takes place. Book admits demolishing Building 12, erecting a new building and implementing a memorial park on campus is a daunting task, especially with Florida’s legislative session nearing its end. Estimates for the proposal come in around $ 25 to 30 million, which would come from state appropriations. Not to mention the freshman building on Marjory Stoneman Douglas ’ campus holds about 900 students, a quarter of the school’s population. Lawmakers are pushing to demolish Building 12 and implement a memorial park in its place. ( Fox News) The school, named after a women’s suffrage advocate, opened in 1990. It’s about two hours north of Miami. Charo acknowledges it will be hard for the school to adjust without the building, saying it.

  5. Filippo Grandi:

    Now if Europe starts setting limits, pushing back, erecting barriers, being hostile, the rest of the world will follow, I can tell you.

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