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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) direct object
a word or group of words representing the person or thing upon which the action of a verb is performed or toward which it is directed, as the pronoun it in
I saw it.

Etymology: (1900–05)

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Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) direct object, object of the verb
the object that receives the direct action of the verb

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Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) direct object
a noun or pronoun that receives the action of a transitive verb

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