Direct object

noun

Word Frequency: 1.1

Definitions

1.noun(grammar, in languages without cases) The noun or noun phrase that a verb is directly acting upon.

2.noun(grammar, in languages with case distinctions) Such an object when it is in the accusative case, but (generally) not when it is in another case.

Synonyms

object of the verb objective case objective clause object object clause verb-object objective depictive absolute form noun adjunct noun clause reflexive verb

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