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

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 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

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

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

Him represents the one to whom the command is given, and to lower the bridge is the object complement.

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