"indirect object" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: indirect objects [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} indirect object (plural indirect objects)
  1. (grammar) A grammatical role of a ditransitive verb that manifests a secondary or passive participant in an action, often a recipient or goal. Categories (topical): Grammar Translations (grammatical term): vasitəli tamamlıq (Azerbaijani), renadenn dieeun [feminine] (Breton), 間接賓語 (Chinese Mandarin), 间接宾语 (jiànjiē bīnyǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), hensynsled [neuter] (Danish), meewerkend voorwerp [neuter] (Dutch), epäsuora objekti (Finnish), complément d’objet indirect [masculine] (French), COI [masculine] (French), objet indirect (French), complément d’objet second (French), obxecto indirecto [masculine] (Galician), ირიბი ობიექტი (iribi obiekṭi) (Georgian), indirektes Objekt [neuter] (German), Dativobjekt (German), részeshatározó (Hungarian), részestárgy (Hungarian), indirekt tárgy (Hungarian), közvetett tárgy (Hungarian), óbeint andlag [neuter] (Icelandic), 間接目的語 (kansetsu mokutekigo) (alt: かくせつもくてきご) (Japanese), res obliqua [feminine] (Latin), oġġett indirett [masculine] (Maltese), objet îndirect [masculine] (Norman), dopełnienie dalsze [neuter] (Polish), objeto indireto [masculine] (Portuguese), obiect indirect [neuter] (Romanian), ко́свенное дополне́ние (kósvennoje dopolnénije) [neuter] (Russian), complemento indirecto [masculine] (Spanish), dativobjekt [neuter] (Swedish), indirekt objekt [neuter] (Swedish), กรรมรอง (Thai), gwrthrych anuniongyrchol [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-indirect_object-en-noun-~bp43v4m Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences Disambiguation of 'grammatical term': 90 10
  2. (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. Categories (topical): Grammar Coordinate_terms: direct object, prepositional object
    Sense id: en-indirect_object-en-noun-5SLesuyT Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

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      "sense": "grammatical term",
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        "feminine"
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      "code": "da",
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      "sense": "grammatical term",
      "word": "epäsuora objekti"
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      "code": "gl",
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      "sense": "grammatical term",
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      "word": "obxecto indirecto"
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      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "iribi obiekṭi",
      "sense": "grammatical term",
      "word": "ირიბი ობიექტი"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "grammatical term",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "indirektes Objekt"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "grammatical term",
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "grammatical term",
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      "lang": "Hungarian",
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      "word": "részestárgy"
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      "word": "indirekt objekt"
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      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "grammatical term",
      "word": "กรรมรอง"
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      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
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