telicity

noun

telicity

noun

/tiːˈlɪsɪti/

Etymology From telic + -ity.

1

Human sciences, Linguistics, Sciences The property of a verb or verb phrase that presents an action or event as being complete in some sense.

Related terms
telic, atelic, resultativity

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