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

As a verb it has an object complement, songs; and as a noun it names the act, and stands as the principal word in a prepositional phrase.

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

This form of the verb is frequently the principal word of a phrase used as a subject or as an object, complement; as, To read good books is profitable; I like to read good books.

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

Can you make a sentence of this object complement?

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

What distinction is made between the object and the object complement?

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

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

From Practical Grammar and Composition by Wood, Thomas