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

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

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

From An English Grammar by Sewell, James Witt

In the analysis of "I had rather go," had is the predicate verb, the infinitive go is the object complement, and the adjective rather completes had and belongs to go, i.e., is objective complement.

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

Us is the object complement of let, and the infinitive sing is the objective complement, having us for its assumed subject.

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

Often the clause used as object complement may be placed first.

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