{
    "term": "erect",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "erect",
            "heSheIt": "erects"
        },
        "pastSimple": "erected",
        "pastParticiple": "erected",
        "ingForm": "erecting"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to build something",
            "sensetop": "erect something",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The church was erected in 1582."
                },
                {
                    "text": "A large monument was erected on the battlefield."
                },
                {
                    "text": "the newly erected station buildings"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Buildings"],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["hastily", "quickly", "specially"],
                "preposition": ["around", "on"],
                "phrases": ["newly erected", "recently erected"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to put something in position so that it stands upright",
            "sensetop": "erect something",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Police had to erect barriers to keep crowds back."
                },
                {
                    "text": "to erect a tent"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The event will take place in a specially erected marquee."
                },
                {
                    "text": "An electric fence was erected around the campus."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["hastily", "quickly", "specially"],
                "preposition": ["around", "on"],
                "phrases": ["newly erected", "recently erected"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "to create or establish something",
            "sensetop": "erect something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "to erect trade barriers"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪˈrekt/",
                "audio": "er/erect/erect__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪˈrekts/",
                "audio": "er/erect/erects__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪˈrektɪd/",
                "audio": "er/erect/erected__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪˈrektɪŋ/",
                "audio": "er/erect/erecting__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪˈrekt/",
                "audio": "er/erect/erect__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪˈrekts/",
                "audio": "er/erect/erects__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪˈrektɪd/",
                "audio": "er/erect/erected__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪˈrektɪŋ/",
                "audio": "er/erect/erecting__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": null
}