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| | adjective | 1. (Of an action or attitude) Directed or tending to a definite end. 2. (Of a verb, conjunction, or clause) Expressing goal, result, or purpose. |
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| | | "Savannah received a review of being a telic, goal-oriented worker." |
| | | "The task force had a concrete, telic goal." |
| | | "The support group did not have a telic purpose; it was meant to provide comfort." |
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| Greek, mid-19th century |
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| This word stems from the Greek "telikos," meaning "final," originally from "telos," meaning "end, goal, result." The adjective can apply toward actions, meaning it's directed toward a definite end, or it can be used in a more linguistic sense, meaning the word it's describing has an end goal. ... | Continue Reading |
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