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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

atelic en · ADJ

Etymology

From a- + telic.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Presenting an action or event’s significance as being the process or experience instead of the end accomplishment or goal.
  2. (not-comparable) Not tending nor directed toward a goal or specific end.
  3. (not-comparable) That expresses lacking an end, resolution, or finite purpose.
  4. (not-comparable) That expresses the imperfective aspect.

Antonyms

telic

Deriveds

atelically

Translations (1)

pl ateliczny (that expresses lacking an end, resolution, or finite purpose)