indirect object
(Grammar) person or thing indirectly affected by the action of the verb (i.e. "him" in "give him the book") | ||||
Search Dictionary:
Indirect object definition was found in categories: Language, Idioms & Slang(2) Computer & Internet(1) Encyclopedia(1)
Indirect object Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
| WordNet 2.0 |
indirect object
Noun
1. the object that is the recipient or beneficiary of the action of the verb
(hypernym) object
Noun
1. the object that is the recipient or beneficiary of the action of the verb
(hypernym) object
| hEnglish - advanced version |
indirect object
indirect object
n : the object that is the recipient or beneficiary of the action of the verb
indirect object
n : the object that is the recipient or beneficiary of the action of the verb
Indirect object Definition from Computer & Internet Dictionaries & Glossaries
| DW and OLAP terms |
indirect object
A word (or words) naming the one (or ones) indirectly affected by the action of the verb. For example, Emily sliced me some cheese. (Me is the indirect object.)
A word (or words) naming the one (or ones) indirectly affected by the action of the verb. For example, Emily sliced me some cheese. (Me is the indirect object.)
Indirect object Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Wikipedia English - The Free Encyclopedia |
Object (grammar)
An object in grammar is a sentence element and part of the sentence predicate. It denotes somebody or something involved in the subject's "performance" of the verb. As an example, the following sentence is given:
In the sentence "Bobby kicked the ball", "ball" is the object.
In the sentence "Bobby kicked the ball", "ball" is the object.
"Bobby" is the subject, the doer or performer, while "kick" is the action, and "ball" is the object involved in the action.
The main verb in the sentence determines whether there can or must be objects in the sentence, and if so how many and of what type. (See also Valency (linguistics).) In many languages, however, including English, the same verb can allow multiple different structures; for example, "Bobby kicked", "Bobby kicked the ball", and "Bobby kicked me the ball" are all valid English sentences.
| See more at Wikipedia.org... |