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General (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. indirect objects: Collins English Dictionary
  2. indirect objects: Vocabulary.com
  3. indirect objects: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  4. indirect objects: Wiktionary
  5. indirect objects: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Indirect Objects: Glossary of English Grammar Terms

(Note: See indirect_object as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (indirect object)

noun:  (grammar) A grammatical role of a ditransitive verb that manifests a secondary or passive participant in an action, often a recipient or goal.
noun:  (grammar, in languages with case distinctions also) The object of a monotransitive verb that it is not in the accusative case, especially when it is in the dative case.
▸ Also see indirect_object


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