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

What is the object complement of can afford in 7?

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

Illustrate the different positions of a noun clause used as object complement.

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

The participle, like other forms of the verb, may be followed by an object complement or an attribute complement.

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

In who are looking reproach, what is the object complement of are looking?

From Graded Lessons in English An Elementary English Grammar Consisting of One Hundred Practical Lessons, Carefully Graded and Adapted to the Class-Room by Reed, Alonzo