indirect object
indirect object
nounDefinition of INDIRECT OBJECT
: a grammatical object representing the secondary goal of the action of its verb (as her in “I gave her the book”)
See Examples of INDIRECT OBJECT
- In “He gave me the book,” the direct object is “book” and the indirect object is “me.”
First Known Use of INDIRECT OBJECT
1879
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