erection

Definition

The act of building or putting up or together of something.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ērectiō, ērectiōnis, noun of action from perfect passive participle ērectus, from verb erigō, from prefix ē- (“out of”) + regō, + action suffix -iō.

Example Sentences

• "The Empire State Building was once the world's tallest erection."
• "If any serious number of deck erections have been left unfaired, these percentages will be too low."
• "There is some obscurity attaching to the only other one of those alleged erections of parishes, the case of Foot Dee, near Aberdeen."

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