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telic
[ tel-ik, tee-lik ]
adjective
- Grammar. expressing end or purpose:
a telic conjunction.
- tending to a definite end.
telic
/ ˈɛɪ /
adjective
- directed or moving towards some goal; purposeful
- (of a clause or phrase) expressing purpose
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Other 51Թ Forms
- ٱi·· adverb
- ԴDz·ٱi adjective
- ܲ·ٱi adjective
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51Թ History and Origins
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of telic1
C19: from Greek telikos final, from telos end
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Example Sentences
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These operations, as rarefied and complex as they may have become, continue to perform the basic telic task of the second law.
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Purposive progress rather than unconscious, telic rather than genetic, is the order of the evolution of society.
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He has learned the futility of telic endeavor, and knows the delight of drifting along with the whimsicalities of Chance.
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They take place in the cosmic context of a naturally telic, purposive universe.
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Means of Social Progress.—There are three distinct means of telic progress.
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