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Meaning of direct object

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

direct object

noun

Definitions

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

  2. (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.

Sources:https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/direct%20object

Related words

object of the verbobjective caseobjective clauseobjectobject clauseverb-objectobjectivedepictive