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RETAINED OBJECT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does retained object mean?
• RETAINED OBJECT (noun)
The noun RETAINED OBJECT has 1 sense:
1. an object in a passive construction
Familiarity information: RETAINED OBJECT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An object in a passive construction
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("retained object" is a kind of...):
object ((grammar) a constituent that is acted upon)
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