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PRONUNCIATION OF DIRECT OBJECT

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DIRECT OBJECT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Direct object is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES DIRECT OBJECT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Object (grammar)

Traditional grammar defines the object in a sentence as the entity that is acted upon by the subject. There is thus a primary distinction between subjects and objects that is understood in terms of the action expressed by the verb, e.g. Tom studies grammar - Tom is the subject and grammar is the object. Traditional theories of sentence structure divide the simple sentence into a subject and a predicate, whereby the object is taken to be part of the predicate. Many modern theories of grammar, in contrast, take the object to be a verb argument like the subject, the difference between them being mainly just their prominence; the subject is ranked higher than the object and is thus more prominent. The main verb in a clause determines if and what objects are present. Transitive verbs require the presence of an object, whereas intransitive verbs block the appearance of an object. The term complement overlaps in meaning with object, although the two are not completely synonymous. The objects that verbs do and do not take is explored in detail in valency theory.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DIRECT OBJECT

direct evidence
direct grant school
direct hit
direct injection
direct input
direct labour
direct lighting
direct mail
direct marketing
direct memory access
direct method
direct motion
direct primary
direct question
direct rule
direct sales
direct selling
direct speech
direct tax
direct taxation

WORDS THAT END LIKE DIRECT OBJECT

abject
BL Lac object
change the subject
cognate object
core subject
countersubject
found object
indirect object
no object
nonsubject
object
project
quasi-stellar object
resubject
sex object
short subject
special subject
specialized subject
subject
unidentified flying object
unsubject

Synonyms and antonyms of direct object in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «direct object» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DIRECT OBJECT

Find out the translation of direct object to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of direct object from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «direct object» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

直接宾语
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

objeto directo
570 millions of speakers

English

direct object
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

प्रत्यक्ष वस्तु
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الكائن المباشر
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

непосредственным объектом
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

objeto direto
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সরাসরি বস্তুর
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

objet direct
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

objek langsung
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

direkte Objekt
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

直接目的語
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

직접 목적어
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Obyek langsung
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đối tượng trực tiếp
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நேரடி பொருள்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

थेट वस्तू
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Doğrudan nesne
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

oggetto diretto
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

bezpośrednim celem
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

безпосереднім об´єктом
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

complement direct
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

άμεσο αντικείμενο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

direkte voorwerp
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

direkt objekt
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

direkte objekt
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of direct object

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DIRECT OBJECT»

The term «direct object» is regularly used and occupies the 95.853 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DIRECT OBJECT» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «direct object» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «direct object» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about direct object

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DIRECT OBJECT»

Discover the use of direct object in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to direct object and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Grammar: A Student's Guide
DIRECT OBJECT position in relation to the verb occupied by the direct object of ' action' verbs. In English, the direct object of a verb is often, but not always, the noun phrase immediately following it. It is also convenient to apply the term 'direct  ...
James R. Hurford, 1994
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The Acquisition of Direct Object Scrambling and Clitic ...
Dutch 2-year olds optionally scramble overt direct objects, and Italian 2-year olds optionally scramble pro direct objects, resulting in the optional realization of direct object clitics. We argued that this is due to the optional marking of referentiality ...
Jeannette C. Schaeffer, 2000
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Comic-strip Grammar: 40 Reproducible Cartoons with Engaging ...
One sentence in this cartoon has both a direct object and an indirect object. Can you find them? GRAMMAR WORKSHOP What is a direct object? A direct object receives a verb's action or the result of that action. Direct object: Harry planted a ...
Dan Greenberg, 2000
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Got Grammar Ready-to-Use Lessons and Activities That Make ...
An indirect object precedes the direct object and tells for whom or to whom the verb's action is done. An indirect object also tells who is receiving the direct object. Remember that you need a direct object in order to have an indirect object .
Jack Umstatter, 2007
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Mandarin Chinese: A Functional Reference Grammar
A number of verbs can take two objects, a direct object and an indirect object. 1 In the discussion of types of verb phrases in section 4.3. 1 of chapter 4, we refer to such verbs as ditransitive. As the names direct object and indirect object ...
Charles N. Li, Sandra A. Thompson, 1989
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CliffsStudySolver: Spanish II
Replace the masculine plural direct object noun Ios precios with the masculine plural direct object pronoun Ios, which expresses “them." Replace the masculine plural indirect object noun a Ios compradores with the masculine plural indirect ...
Gail Stein, 2005
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A Student Grammar of French
Another scenario involves a preceding direct object and the agreement of a past participle. The gender and number of the preceding direct object are reflected in the form of the past participle. If the preceding direct object is a noun, it will be ...
Malcolm Offord, 2006
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A Reference Grammar of Thai
Transitive verbs require two core arguments, a 'subject' and a 'direct object.' The verb 'drink' is a transitive verb in the sentence 'Jim drinks coffee every day,' and ' Jim' and 'coffee' are the subject and direct object, respectively. Traditional ...
Shōichi Iwasaki, Inkapiromu Puriyā Horie, 2005
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The Concept 'Horse' Paradox and Wittgensteinian Conceptual ...
The grammatical concept of a direct object is acquired by one who can answer such questions.11 Anscombe's worry is about a question that presses hard at this point: namely, the question of what is communicated by the phrase that is given ...
Dr Kelly Dean Jolley, 2012
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Perspectives on Aspect
In the literature on aspectual composition, it is generally claimed that the combination of a verb of a certain class (Tenny's “measuruing-out” verbs, called here “measuring” verbs) and a quantized direct object yields a delimited expression.
H. J. Verkuyl, Henriëtte de Swart, Angeliek van Hout, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DIRECT OBJECT»

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The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen United States of America …
The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of ... «Hi-Desert Star, Jul 15»
2
Letters on Brownback grievances, fireworks, Greek debt, greatest …
“The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of ... «Wichita Eagle, Jul 15»
3
Fun Facts about The Declaration of Independence | Bronxville …
The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of ... «Patch.com, Jul 15»
4
Plastipak completes takeover as EU approves / Rebranding as …
Young said the company's competitive advantage includes Packaging Innovation Centres, which supply and service its Direct Object Printing ... «Plasteurope, Jul 15»
5
Silver Investors' Declaration of Independence From Rigged …
The history of the present Silver Market Exchanges is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment ... «SilverSeek.com, Jul 15»
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The Declaration of Independence
The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of ... «Arizona Daily Sun, Jul 15»
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'We hold these truths to be self-evident..."
The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of ... «Wicked Local Newton, Jul 15»
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Why We Celebrate July 4th
The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of ... «The UpTake, Jul 15»
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Just A Few Important Words About The Declaration Of … - NPR
"The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of ... «NPR, Jul 15»
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A duty for real Americans: Read this (Or watch)
The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of ... «Investor's Business Daily, Jul 15»

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