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Definition of Indirect object
1. Noun. The object that is the recipient or beneficiary of the action of the verb.
Definition of Indirect object
1. Noun. (grammar) A grammatical role of a ditransitive verb that usually manifests as a recipient or goal. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Indirect Object
Literary usage of Indirect object
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Allen and Greenough's New Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges: Founded on by Joseph Henry Allen, James Bradstreet Greenough (1916)
"The Dative is used to denote the object indirectly affected by an action. This is
called the indirect object (§ 274). It is usually denoted in English by ..."
2. Syntax of Early Latin by Charles Edwin Bennett (1914)
"indirect object. A perfectly natural development of the notion of direction ...
To this usage is given with propriety the name of Dative of indirect object. ..."
3. A Greek Grammar for Schools and Colleges by James Hadley, Frederic De Forest Allen (1885)
"The indirect object of an action is put in the dative ... The indirect object is
generally indicated in English by to. It is used : 1. ..."
4. A Grammar of the Latin Language from Plautus to Suetonius by Henry John Roby (1874)
"Transitive verbs can have the indirect object in addition to a direct object;
Intransitive verbs have this indirect object only (with or without an ..."
5. Essentials of English Grammar: For the Use of Schools by William Dwight Whitney (1877)
"Although we may use to and for in expressing the relation of the indirect object,
we must not make the mistake of supposing that a to or for is left out, ..."
6. Essentials of English Grammar by William Dwight Whitney (1885)
"Although we may use to and for in expressing the relation of the indirect object,
we must not make the mistake of supposing that a to or for is left out, ..."
7. A Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges by Albert Harkness (1880)
"The Dative is the Case of the indirect object, and is used I. With Verbs. II.
... indirect object.—A verb is often attended by a noun designating the object ..."
8. The Mother Tongue by Sarah Louise Arnold, George Lyman Kittredge, John Hays Gardiner (1901)
"indirect object. 314. Examine the following sentence : — John sent a letter.
Here the transitive verb sent is followed by its direct object, letter. ..."
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