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Meaning of indirect object | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. A grammatical role of a ditransitive verb that manifests a secondary or passive participant in an action, often a recipient or goal.
  2. The object of a monotransitive verb that it is not in the accusative case, especially when it is in the dative case.

Equivalents

Azərbaycanca vasitəli tamamlıq
Dansk hensynsled
Deutsch Dativobjekt indirektes Objekt
Español complemento indirecto objeto indirecto
Suomi epäsuora objekti
Français coi complément d'objet indirect complément d'objet second objet indirect
Íslenska óbeint andlag
日本語 間接目的語
ქართული ირიბი ობიექტი
Bahasa Melayu objek sipi
Nederlands meewerkend voorwerp
Polski dopełnienie dalsze
Português objeto indireto
Română obiect indirect
Русский ко́свенное дополне́ние
Svenska dativobjekt

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

indirect predation indirect procurement indirect question indirect quotation indirect red card indirect report

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