object (verb)
111indirect object — indirect objects N COUNT An indirect object is an object which is used with a transitive verb to indicate who benefits from an action or gets something as a result. For example, in She gave him her address , him is the indirect object. Compare… …
112Anticausative verb — An anticausative verb is an intransitive verb that shows an event affecting its subject, while giving no semantic or syntactic indication of the cause of the event. The single argument of the anticausative verb (its subject) is a patient, that is …
113intransitive verb — noun /ɪnˌtrænsətɪv ˈvɜːb,ɪnˌtrænzətɪv ˈvɜːb/ An action verb not taking a direct object. In English sleep is an intransitive verb. See Also: VI, transitive verb, ditransitive verb, intradirective verb, labile verb …
114indirect object — n technical an ↑object of a verb that refers to the person that something is given to, said to, made for etc. For example, in the sentence I asked him a question , the indirect object is him …
115indirect object — noun (C) technical the second object 1 (6) of a verb in a sentence, which is the person or thing that the direct object 1 is given to, said to, made for etc. For example, in the sentence I asked him a question , the indirect object is him …
116indirect object — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms indirect object : singular indirect object plural indirect objects linguistics the person or thing in a sentence that is indirectly affected by the action of the verb because something is given to them or done… …
117transitive verb form — noun a verb (or verb construction) that requires an object in order to be grammatical • Syn: ↑transitive verb, ↑transitive • Hypernyms: ↑verb • Hyponyms: ↑doubly transitive verb, ↑doubly transitive verb form …
118direct object — a word or group of words representing the person or thing upon which the action of a verb is performed or toward which it is directed: in English, generally coming after the verb, without a preposition. In He saw it the pronoun it is the direct… …
119retained object complement — Gram. an object complement that is kept in its predicative position following the verb when the verb is transformed into the passive voice, as genius in He was considered a genius from (They) considered him a genius. * * * …
120ditransitive verb — noun A verb that requires (in the unmarked form) both a direct object and an indirect object so as to be grammatical. Example: give requires both a gift and a receiver, as in give the dog a bone. Neither give the dog nor give a bone are… …
