telic

[tel-ik, tee-lik]

tel·ic

[tel-ik, tee-lik]
adjective
1.
Grammar. expressing end or purpose: a telic conjunction.
2.
tending to a definite end.

Origin:
1840–50; < Greek telikós pertaining to an end or cause. See tel-2, -ic

tel·i·cal·ly, adverb
non·tel·ic, adjective
un·tel·ic, adjective
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a short oblique stroke (/) between two words indicating that whichever is appropriate may be chosen to complete the sense of the text in which they occur:
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telic (ˈtɛlɪk)
 
adj
1.  directed or moving towards some goal; purposeful
2.  (of a clause or phrase) expressing purpose
 
[C19: from Greek telikos final, from telos end]

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