DIRECT OBJECT


Meaning of DIRECT OBJECT in English

a word or group of words representing the person or thing upon which the action of a verb is performed or toward which it is directed: in English, generally coming after the verb, without a preposition. In He saw it the pronoun it is the direct object of saw.

[ 1900-05 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .