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direct, direct, erect
direct (di REKT, digh REKT) (verb)
To show or to point out a way to accomplish a task; moving from point to point without changing direction: The manager's job was to direct the workers as they built the railroads.
The tourist asked, "Can you direct me to the best route to the next town?"
direct (di REKT, digh REKT) (adjective)
Straightforward, not distracted: Betsy's direct answer to the question was very reassuring to the worried banker.
erect (i REKT) (verb)
To build or to fix something: Elton helped the children erect a model railroad tract.
The shop teacher was able to direct the students so they could erect a safe fire tower outside.
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Confusing Words Clarified: Group D; Homonyms, Homophones, Homographs, Synonyms, Polysemes, etc. +
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erect (i REKT) (verb), erects; erected; erecting
1. To design and to assemble an upright structure, such as a building or a wall: The constructors erected a motel in the city according to the instructions of the architect and the owner.
2. To develop or to establish a system or theory: Sometimes economic barriers are erected in order to secure a stable price for a certain product, even if it means to curb the productivity and sales of that merchandise.
2. To develop or to establish a system or theory: Sometimes economic barriers are erected in order to secure a stable price for a certain product, even if it means to curb the productivity and sales of that merchandise.
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erect (i REKT) (adjective), more erect, most erect
Referring to a vertical position which is not spread out horizontally: The cat suddenly had erect hair standing upright on its body after seeing the dog coming towards it.
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erect, erect, eruct
erect (i REKT) (adjective)
Concerning something or someone being in a vertical, upright position: The judge's posture was strong and erect.
erect (i REKT) (verb)
1. To construct by assembling: The farmers all got together to erect the new barn after the fire.
2. To raise to a rigid or vertical condition: The gardener was careful to erect the flowers in an upright position so they would bloom better.
2. To raise to a rigid or vertical condition: The gardener was careful to erect the flowers in an upright position so they would bloom better.
eruct (i RUKT) (verb)
To belch: His mother always reminded him it was not polite to eruct or burp loudly in public.
The professor always appeared so erect and proper that it was hard to imagine that he would ever eruct in public.
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(Latin: to build, to erect a building; a building, a sanctuary, a temple; originally, aedes, "building a hearth" or "to build a hearth" because the fire in the hearth was the center of the home in early times since it supplied both heat and light; over time, the meaning expanded from the hearth itself to the home and building that enclosed it)
(Latin: to raise, to erect; to rise)
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A reference to a hair that stands straight up, or nearly straight up, from the cuticle.
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Ant and Related Entomology Terms
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