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

You see that the object, the word that names the receiver of the act, may be the subject, or it may be the object complement.

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

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

From Practical Grammar and Composition by Thomas Wood

Find the object complement of wishes in 11.

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

Can you make a sentence of this object complement?

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

Find in it a subject, a predicate, and an object complement.

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