direct object

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direct object

A word or phrase in a sentence referring to the person or thing receiving the action of a transitive verb. For example, in English, in mail the letter and call him, letter and him are direct objects.

direct object

(Linguistics / Grammar) Grammar a noun, pronoun, or noun phrase whose referent receives the direct action of a verb. For example, a book is the direct object in the sentence They bought Anne a book Compare indirect object

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direct object - the object that receives the direct action of the verb

object of the verb

object - (grammar) a constituent that is acted upon; "the object of the verb"

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direct object

n (Gram) → direktes Objekt, Akkusativobjekt nt

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accusative
ergative
factitive
HIM
indirect object
intransitive

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object of the verb
objective complement
pseudo-intransitive
transitive
you

The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States.

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Bounderby always represented this to be the sole, immediate, and direct object of any Hand who was not entirely satisfied; 'and therefore I know already that you have not come here to make a complaint.

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