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Direct object

(grammar, in languages without cases) The noun or noun phrase that a verb is directly acting upon.

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noun
  1. 1

    (grammar, in languages without cases) The noun or noun phrase that a verb is directly acting upon.

  2. 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.

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