erection

CEFRC1

/ɪˈɹɛkʃən/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    The act of building or putting something upright.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    Anything erected or built.

Examples

  • A morning erection: Will it last only until I take a leak?

  • Don't lend money to someone who can't have a morning erection.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. Formal approval and official establishment of an institution such as a society or a monastery by higher church authorities.

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

  3. The physiological process by which erectile tissue, such as a penis or clitoris, becomes erect by being engorged with blood.

More examples

In context

  • He placed his newspaper on his lap to hide his erection.

  • The Empire State Building was once the world's tallest erection.

  • There are men who say they cannot bear to show themselves naked before women unless in a state of erection; and indeed through erection the flesh becomes activity, potency, […]

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Origin

noun

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.