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indirect object

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.89 in modern English

Syllables
in-di-rec-t ob-ject
IPA
28
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
5
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A grammatical role of a ditransitive verb that manifests a secondary or passive participant in an action, often a recipient or goal.

noun

The object of a monotransitive verb that it is not in the accusative case, especially when it is in the dative case.

Inflected Forms

indirect objects (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

direct object prepositional object

Questions

What does indirect object mean?
A grammatical role of a ditransitive verb that manifests a secondary or passive participant in an action, often a recipient or goal.

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