"direct object" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: direct objects [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} direct object (plural direct objects)
  1. (grammar, in languages without cases) The noun or noun phrase that a verb is directly acting upon. Categories (topical): Grammar Translations (the noun a verb is directly acting upon): مَفعول بِهِ (Arabic), vasitəsiz tamamlıq (Azerbaijani), renadenn eeun [feminine] (Breton), objecte directe [masculine] (Catalan), 直接賓語 (Chinese Mandarin), 直接宾语 (zhíjiē bīnyǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), direkte objekt [neuter] (Danish), genstandsled [neuter] (Danish), lijdend voorwerp [neuter] (Dutch), suora objekti (Finnish), complément d’objet direct [masculine] (French), C.O.D. [masculine] (French), obxecto directo [masculine] (Galician), პირდაპირი ობიექტი (ṗirdaṗiri obiekṭi) (Georgian), direktes Objekt [neuter] (German), Akkusativobjekt [neuter] (German), közvetlen tárgy (Hungarian), direkt tárgy (Hungarian), elsődleges tárgy (Hungarian), beint andlag [neuter] (Icelandic), complemento diretto [masculine] (Italian), 直接目的語 (chokusetsu mokutekigo) (Japanese), 직접목적어 (jikjeop mokjeogeo) (Korean), oġġett dirett [masculine] (Maltese), objet direct [masculine] (Norman), direkte objekt [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), dopełnienie bliższe [neuter] (Polish), objeto direto [masculine] (Portuguese), complemento direto [masculine] (Portuguese), complement direct [neuter] (Romanian), obiect direct [neuter] (Romanian), прямо́е дополне́ние (prjamóje dopolnénije) [neuter] (Russian), complemento directo [masculine] (Spanish), direkt objekt [neuter] (Swedish), ackusativobjekt [neuter] (Swedish), tuwirang layon (Tagalog), กรรมตรง (Thai), gwrthrych uniongyrchol [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-direct_object-en-noun-qugMawkB Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 55 45 Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences Disambiguation of 'the noun a verb is directly acting upon': 85 15
  2. (grammar, in languages with case distinctions) Such an object when it is in the accusative case, but (generally) not when it is in another case. Categories (topical): Grammar Related terms: subject, indirect object
    Sense id: en-direct_object-en-noun-N9xXzgEZ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 55 45 Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "the noun a verb is directly acting upon",
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      "code": "ka",
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      "roman": "ṗirdaṗiri obiekṭi",
      "sense": "the noun a verb is directly acting upon",
      "word": "პირდაპირი ობიექტი"
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      "word": "közvetlen tárgy"
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "the noun a verb is directly acting upon",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "complemento direto"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "the noun a verb is directly acting upon",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "complement direct"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "the noun a verb is directly acting upon",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "obiect direct"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "prjamóje dopolnénije",
      "sense": "the noun a verb is directly acting upon",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "прямо́е дополне́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "the noun a verb is directly acting upon",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "complemento directo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "the noun a verb is directly acting upon",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "direkt objekt"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "the noun a verb is directly acting upon",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ackusativobjekt"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "the noun a verb is directly acting upon",
      "word": "tuwirang layon"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "the noun a verb is directly acting upon",
      "word": "กรรมตรง"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "the noun a verb is directly acting upon",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gwrthrych uniongyrchol"
    }
  ],
  "word": "direct object"
}

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