direct object
Noun
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Noun
direct object (plural direct objects)
- (grammar, in languages without cases) The noun or noun phrase that a verb is directly acting upon.
- (grammar, in languages with case distinctions) Such an object when it is in the accusative case, but (generally) not when it is in another case.
- French: complément d'objet direct, C.O.D.
- German: direktes Objekt, Akkusativobjekt
- Italian: complemento diretto
- Portuguese: objeto direto, complemento direto
- Russian: прямо́е дополне́ние
- Spanish: complemento directo
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