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Object complement
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<p>In <a href="/facts/Grammar/vprQsHIR">grammar</a>, an object complement is a <a href="/facts/Predicative_expression/rFaVNWcJ">predicative expression</a> that follows a <a href="/facts/Direct_object/wybTVzna">direct object</a> of an <a href="/facts/Ditransitive_verb/Yds4KuEd">attributive ditransitive</a> or <a href="/facts/Resultative/mQYUTV1A">resultative verb</a> and that <a href="/facts/Complement_(linguistics)/jywrgR8C">complements</a> the direct object of the <a href="/facts/Sentence_(linguistics)/GhKKkcm2">sentence</a> by describing it. Object complements are <a href="/facts/Constituent_(linguistics)/7eIG0Ap3">constituents</a> of the <a href="/facts/Predicate_(grammar)/v1hK1EL2">predicate</a>. Noun phrases and adjective phrases most frequently function as object complements. </p>