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How to pronounce erecting in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms erection
Type of building, construction
Derivation erect

Examples of erecting

erecting
Even erecting a noticeboard for parents required jumping through planning hoops.
From the guardian.co.uk
He accused Obama of erecting an industrial policy that picks winners and losers.
From the kentucky.com
First Sunday schools, then churches themselves, began erecting Christmas trees.
From the stltoday.com
Down in the Arroyo Seco, a crew has just started erecting some kind of stadium.
From the sacbee.com
Easton officials have discussed erecting a Douglass statue for about 10 years.
From the sfgate.com
Construction workers let him sleep in the new luxury buildings they were erecting.
From the nytimes.com
The Berlitz guide alone should be erecting statues to him in every city in Europe.
From the forbes.com
Edward Bull started erecting engines for Boulton and Watt in Cornwall in 1781.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Brazilians spend a year erecting massive floats that are used once, then destroyed.
From the techcrunch.com
More examples
  • Raise: construct, build, or erect; "Raise a barn"
  • Upright in position or posture; "an erect stature"; "erect flower stalks"; "for a dog, an erect tail indicates aggression"; "a column still vertical amid the ruins"; "he sat bolt upright"
  • Rear: cause to rise up
  • Tumid: of sexual organs; stiff and rigid
  • (erecting) the act of building or putting up
  • (erection) an erect penis
  • Penile erection is a physiological phenomenon where the penis becomes enlarged and firm. Penile erection is the result of a complex interaction of psychological, neural, vascular and endocrine factors, and is usually, though not exclusively, associated with sexual arousal. ...
  • To put up by the fitting together of materials or parts; To cause to stand up or out; Upright; vertical or reaching broadly upwards; Rigid, firm; standing out perpendicularly
  • (Erection) A penile condition characterized by enlargement and filling of erectile tissue with blood.