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subjective complement


subjective complement

noun

Definition of SUBJECTIVE COMPLEMENT

: a grammatical complement relating to the subject of an intransitive verb (as sick in he had fallen sick)

First Known Use of SUBJECTIVE COMPLEMENT

1923

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