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INDIRECT OBJECT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does indirect object mean?
• INDIRECT OBJECT (noun)
The noun INDIRECT OBJECT has 1 sense:
1. the object that is the recipient or beneficiary of the action of the verb
Familiarity information: INDIRECT OBJECT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The object that is the recipient or beneficiary of the action of the verb
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("indirect object" is a kind of...):
object ((grammar) a constituent that is acted upon)
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