Telicity

//tiːˈlɪsɪti// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The property of a verb or verb phrase that presents an action or event as being complete in some sense. countable, uncountable

Etymology

From telic + -ity.

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