indirect objects

• plural

  plural

  The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.

  of indirect object.
  indirect object

  noun

  a word or group of words representing the person or thing with reference to which the action of a verb is performed, in English generally coming between the verb and the direct object and paraphrasable as the object of a preposition, usually to or for, following the direct object, as the boy in He gave the boy a book.

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

indirect objects

But bit by bit the language is taking shape, definite articles and nouns and indirect objects and verbs and prepositional phrases hanging off subjects and predicates and predicate complements like a Calder mobile.

From The New Yorker ● Aug. 1, 2016

We have gone to war partly for direct, partly for indirect objects.

From Armageddon—And After by W. L. (William Leonard) Courtney

We treat these indirect objects, which generally denote the person to or for whom something is done, as equivalent to phrase modifiers.

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

Besides these indirect objects, +nouns denoting measure+, quantity, weight, time, value, distance, or direction are often used adverbially, being equivalent to phrase modifiers.

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

I couldn’t think of the name of that Dative, so I just put Indirect Object, because you said that in a way all Datives were indirect objects.

From Betty Lee, Freshman by Harriet Pyne Grove

More Suggestions

• direct object
• indirect costs
• indirect speech
• direct-access
• indirect address
• indirect cost
• indirection
• indirect evidence
• indirect question