/ˈtiːlɪk/
OriginFrom the Ancient Greek τελῐκός (telĭkós, “final”), from τέλος (télos, “end”).
- Tending or directed towards a goal or specific end.
“Several theorists of the previous chapters are supportive of this more telic view of human nature.”
“They were asked to rate the 36 activities for how purposeful they were.[…]Comparing the 10 most telic and the 10 most paratelic we found that the paratelic leisure activities were thought to involve l”
“I have certainly become more telic as I strive to achieve my goals set, but I am not really enjoying any of it.”
- That expresses an end or purpose.
“1995, Michela Cennamo, Patterns of 'Active' Syntax in Late Latin Pleonastic Reflexives, John Charles Smith, Delia Bentley (editors), Historical Linguistics 1995: Selected Papers from the 12th Internat”
“Similarly, verb forms that can govern either transitive or middle-case marking (cf. 2.1.3.1.2(c)) are more telic in their transitive manifestations.”
“Moreover, let us remember that some verbs can be telic and agentive at the same time: if one looks at the ASH category n°1 (change of location), i.e. the verbs considered the most telic, like FF arriv”
- That expresses the perfective aspect.
Formsmore telic(comparative) · most telic(superlative)