Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

direct object

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.40 in modern English

Syllables
di-rec-t ob-ject
IPA
26
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The noun or noun phrase that a verb is directly acting upon.

noun

Such an object when it is in the accusative case, but (generally) not when it is in another case.

Inflected Forms

direct objects (plural)

Phrases

indirect object

Frequently Paired Words

subject indirect object

Synonyms

object of the verb

Questions

What does direct object mean?
The noun or noun phrase that a verb is directly acting upon.

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