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

Find the object complement of wishes in 11.

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

Us is the object complement of let, and the infinitive sing is the objective complement, having us for its assumed subject.

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

But there is this difference: whereas the simple sentence always has a word or a phrase for subject, object, complement, and modifier, the complex sentence has statements or clauses for these places.

From An English Grammar by James Witt Sewell

Put what after inquiring and find the object complement.

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

What is the object complement of can afford in 7?

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