objective complement

noun

1. object complement.

Word History and Origins

Origin of objective complement¹

First recorded in 1865–70

Example Sentences

So I expose them to the objective complement and the compellative, and then stand aghast at their behavior when they make all the mistakes that can possibly be made in using a given number of words.

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Occasionally an objective complement must be added.

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The +infinitive phrase+ may be used as +objective complement.+

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The +participle+ may be used as an +objective complement+.

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A word that, like the adjective white or the noun queen, helps to complete the predicate and at the same time belongs to the object complement, differs from an attribute complement by belonging not to the subject but to the object complement, and so is called an +Objective Complement+.

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