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objective complement
noun
Definition of OBJECTIVE COMPLEMENT
: a noun, adjective, or pronoun used in the predicate as complement to a verb and as qualifier of its direct object (as chairman in “we elected him chairman”)
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First Known Use of OBJECTIVE COMPLEMENT
1870
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