English - Turkish
Definition of indirect-object in English Turkish dictionary
- dolaylı tümleç
- dilb. dolaylı tümleç, -e halindeki isim
- indirect personal object
- dolaylı şahıs tümleci
- indirect object
- dilb. dolaylı tümleç
- indirect object
- (Dilbilim) ismin -e halindeki isim
- indirect object
- dolaylı nesne
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English - English
Definition of indirect-object in English English dictionary
- Attributive form of indirect object, noun
- A grammatical role of a ditransitive verb that usually manifests as a recipient or goal
He gave the money to the bank.
- An indirect object is an object which is used with a transitive verb to indicate who benefits from an action or gets something as a result. For example, in `She gave him her address', `him' is the indirect object. Compare direct object. An object indirectly affected by the action of a verb, as me in Sing me a song and turtles in He feeds turtles lettuce. an object of a verb that refers to the person that something is given to, said to, made for etc. For example, in the sentence 'I asked him a question', the indirect object is 'him'
- (Grammar) person or thing indirectly affected by the action of the verb (i.e. "him" in "give him the book")
- the object that is the recipient or beneficiary of the action of the verb