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

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object complement

Subordinate elements: attribute complement, 3; adjective modifier, 4; adverbial modifier, 4; object complement, 4.

From Practical Grammar and Composition by Thomas Wood

As a verb it has an object complement, songs; and as a noun it names the act, and stands as the principal word in a prepositional phrase.

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

Find the object complement of ascertains in 6.

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

In this group of words used as object complement can you find a subject, a predicate, and a complement?

From Graded Lessons in English An Elementary English Grammar Consisting of One Hundred Practical Lessons, Carefully Graded and Adapted to the Class-Room by Alonzo Reed

The verb follows the subject, and the object complement follows the verb.

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