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

But there is this difference: whereas the simple sentence always has a word or a phrase for subject, object, complement, and modifier, the complex sentence has statements or clauses for these places.

From An English Grammar by Sewell, James Witt

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 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

In who are looking reproach, what is the object complement of are looking?

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

Put what after do know in 3 and find the object complement.

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