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objective complement

noun

object complement.

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Nearby words

  1. objectify,
  2. objection,
  3. objectionable,
  4. objective,
  5. objective case,
  6. objective correlative,
  7. objective danger,
  8. objective genitive,
  9. objective idealism,
  10. objective lens

Origin of objective complement

First recorded in 1865–70
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