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telic

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
telic /ˈtɛlɪk/

▶adjective

1 (of an action or attitude) directed to a definite end.

2 Linguistics (of a verb, conjunction, or clause) expressing purpose.

– derivatives
telicity noun.

– origin C19: from Gk telikos ‘final’, from telos ‘end’.

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