erecting [ih-rekt]
Main Entry:
erect [ih-rekt]
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: build; establish
Synonyms: assemble, bring about, cobble up, cock, compose, construct, create, effect, elevate, fabricate, fashion, fit together, forge, form, found, frame, fudge together, heighten, hoist, initiate, institute, join, knock together, lift, make, make up, manufacture, mount, organize, pitch, plant, prefabricate, produce, put together, put up, raise, rear, run up, set up, shape, stand, stand up, throw together, throw up, upraise, uprear
Antonyms: raze, topple
Main Entry: assemble
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: put together
Synonyms: compile, connect, construct, contrive, erect, fabricate, fashion, fit, form, join, make, manufacture, model, mold, piece together, produce, set up, shape, unite, weld
Antonyms: divide, separate, take apart
Main Entry: build
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: construct structure
Synonyms: assemble, bring about, carpenter, cast, compile, compose, contrive, engineer, erect, evolve, fabricate, fashion, fit together, forge, form, frame, jerry-build, knock together, make, manufacture, model, prefabricate, produce, put together, put up, raise, rear, reconstruct, sculpture, set up, superstruct, synthesize, throw together, throw up
Notes: billed is having a beak or having been presented a statement of costs or charges, while build is to construct
Antonyms: demolish, destroy, dismantle, knock down, raze, ruin, take down
Main Entry: cock
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: aim up toward
Synonyms: erect, hump, perk up, pile, prick, raise, stack, stand erect, stand up, stick up
Main Entry: construct
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: assemble, build
Synonyms: build up, cobble up, compose, compound, constitute, cook up, create, design, dream up, elevate, engineer, envision, erect, establish, fabricate, fashion, forge, form, formulate, found, frame, fudge together, hammer out, hoke up, imagine, invent, make, manufacture, organize, prefab, produce, put out, put together, put up, raise, rear, set up, shape, throw together, throw up, trump up, uprear, whip up
Antonyms: annihilate, break, demolish, destroy, dismantle, raze, ruin
Main Entry: construction
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: creation, building
Synonyms: architecture, arrangement, assembly, build, cast, composition, conception, constitution, contour, cut, development, disposition, edifice, elevation, erecting, erection, fabric, fabricating, fabrication, figuration, figure, form, format, formation, foundation, improvisation, invention, makeup, making, manufacture, mold, origination, outline, plan, planning, prefab, prefabrication, putting up, raising, rearing, roadwork, shape, structure, system, systematization, turn, type
Antonyms: destruction, disfigurement, disorganization, ruin, ruins
Main Entry: create
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: develop in mind or physically
Synonyms: actualize, author, beget, bring into being, bring into existence, bring to pass, build, cause to be, coin, compose, conceive, concoct, constitute, construct, contrive, design, devise, discover, dream up, effect, erect, establish, fabricate, fashion, father, forge, form, formulate, found, generate, give birth to, give life to, hatch, imagine, initiate, institute, invent, invest, make, occasion, organize, originate, parent, perform, plan, procreate, produce, rear, set up, shape, sire, spawn, start
Antonyms: destroy, ruin
Main Entry: crown
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: reward, dignify
Synonyms: adorn, arm, authorize, commission, coronate, delegate, determine, dower, enable, endow, endue, ennoble, enthrone, erect, establish, exalt, festoon, fix, heighten, honor, inaugurate, induct, install, invest, raise, sanction, set up, settle, stabilize, strengthen
Antonyms: dishonor, disregard, fine, punish
Main Entry: dignify
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: make honorable; glorify
Synonyms: adorn, advance, aggrandize, distinguish, elevate, ennoble, erect, exalt, grace, honor, magnify, prefer, promote, raise, sublime, uprear
Antonyms: belittle, condemn, degrade, demote, detract, disgrace, humiliate, insult, shame
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