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

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Example Sentences

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object complement

Find in 1 a pronoun used adverbially and a phrase used as object complement.

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

Illustrate the different positions of a noun clause used as object complement.

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

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 Brainerd Kellogg

Steamboat is the object complement, because it completes the predicate, and names that which receives the act.

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

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

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