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Meanings of direct object in anglès

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objecte directe

The object that receives the direct action of the verb.

        objecte directe
        Usage of direct object in anglès
        1
        Happiness was not the direct object of a Stoic's life.
        Thoughts of Marcus Aurelius
        2
        But this or that precept is accidental or consequent to that proper and direct object.
        Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) / Translated by ...
        3
        I answered Mr. Calhoun's letter immediately, rigorously confining myself to the direct object of his inquiries.
        Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Vol...
        4
        Physical nature must not be made the direct object of obedience; it must be enjoyed, not worshipped.
        Orthodoxy
        5
        The board of police commissioners have recently been charged with the direct object of accomplishing this end.
        A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents. Volu...
        6
        The direct object of logic is the study of the products rather than of the processes of thought.
        Deductive Logic
        7
        The direct object, therefore, of the design is, to supply motives, and not rules; sanctions, and not precepts.
        Evidences of Christianity
        8
        To his kindness he owed the possibility of organizing an excursion apart from the direct object of the voyage.
        Louis Agassiz: His Life and Correspondence
        9
        The direct object of their prohibition is the consent of the will, which is directed to deed or pleasure.
        Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) / Translated by ...
        10
        I have always had a direct object in life-mywork-andI believe that has kept me fit and well.
        The Evil Shepherd
        11
        The true and direct object of an apprenticeship is to acquire a trade, not to acquire customers.]
        The Complete English Tradesman (1839 ed.)
        12
        The direct object of all those societies was the same-tosummon a national convention, which must, of course, supersede Parliament.
        Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 56, No. 346, August, 184...
        13
        The work is a scientific one, rigidly restricted to its direct object; and by its science it must stand or fall.
        Darwiniana; Essays and Reviews Pertaining to Darwinism
        14
        Thus have our seemingly long digressions had a very direct object in view, and served powerfully to solve our original question.
        The Irish Race in the Past and the Present
        15
        Labour and expenditure, of which the direct object or effect is the creation of some material product useful or agreeable to mankind.
        Essays on some unsettled Questions of Political Economy
        16
        They, and they alone, would be supposed or seem to have a direct object for wishing Mr. White's life to be terminated.
        The Great Speeches and Orations of Daniel Webster / With an Essa...
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