Meaning Of The Word Retained object

Real Dictionary

What's the definition of Retained object? Find Retained object meanings, definitions and more at the Real Dictionary online.

Retained object Meaning

Retained object Definition
Retained object Definition

What's The Definition Of Retained object?

retained object in British English
an object in a passive construction that is the same as the direct or indirect object in the corresponding active construction (Ex.: “ money” in “He was given the money by me”)
noun: a direct or indirect object of a passive verb. The phrase the drawings in the sentence Harry was given the drawings is a retained object
noun: an object in a passive construction identical with the direct or indirect object in the active construction from which it is derived, as the picture in I was shown the picture, which is also the direct object in the active construction (They) showed me th

More Definitions

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z

Definitions Of The Day

  • Projection TV ‐ a system made up of lenses, mirrors, and a cathode-ray…
  • Infusionism ‐ the doctrine that the preexisting human soul enters…
  • Storyteller ‐ a person who narrates stories; countable noun:…
  • Arse around ‐ If you say that someone is arsing around or arsing…
  • Perforce ‐ by or through necessity; necessarily; Perforce…
  • Absolute configuration ‐ noun: the spatial arrangement of atoms or groups…
  • Animal cracker ‐ a small cookie shaped like any of various animals…
  • Navar ‐ noun: a system of air navigation in which a ground…
  • The Beaver State ‐ a nickname for the state…
  • Dardanelles ‐ strait joining the Sea of Marmara and the Aegean…