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

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 Kellogg, Brainerd

The verb follows the subject, and the object complement follows the verb.

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

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

From An English Grammar by Sewell, James Witt

Break this long object complement up into two sentences.

From Graded Lessons in English An Elementary English Grammar Consisting of One Hundred Practical Lessons, Carefully Graded and Adapted to the Class-Room by Reed, Alonzo

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