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

Enlargement of predicate, 241. of subject, object, complement, 240.

From An English Grammar by Sewell, James Witt

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

Notice that the little mark before the phrase points toward the object complement.

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

A noun used as subject is in the +Nominative Case+; used as object complement it is in the +Objective Case+; and used to denote possession it is in the +Possessive Case+.

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