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

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

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 +indirect,+ or dative, +object+ is sometimes made the +subject+ of a verb in the passive voice, while the object complement is retained after the verb.

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