object complement

American  

noun

Grammar.

1. a word or a group of words used in the predicate following a factitive verb and referring to its direct object, as treasurer in We appointed him treasurer, white in They painted the house white, or an interesting speaker in They thought him an interesting speaker.

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Etymology

Origin of object complement

First recorded in 1905–10

Example Sentences

What is the object complement of could do?

From Higher Lessons in English A work on English grammar and composition by Kellogg, Brainerd

Find in it a subject, a predicate, and an object complement.

From Higher Lessons in English A work on English grammar and composition by Kellogg, Brainerd

The noun clause may be contracted by making the predicate, when changed to an infinitive phrase, the objective complement, and the subject the object complement.

From Higher Lessons in English A work on English grammar and composition by Kellogg, Brainerd

Is me, or visits, the object complement of make?

From Higher Lessons in English A work on English grammar and composition by Kellogg, Brainerd

Often the clause used as object complement may be placed first.

From Higher Lessons in English A work on English grammar and composition by Kellogg, Brainerd