atelic
Presenting an action or event’s significance as being the process or experience…Presenting an action or event’s significance as being the process or experience instead of the end accomplishment or goal.
Meaning
4 senses(not comparable)Presenting an action or event’s significance as being the process or experience instead of the end accomplishment or goal.
(not comparable)Not tending nor directed toward a goal or specific end.
(not comparable)That expresses lacking an end, resolution, or finite purpose.
(not comparable)That expresses the imperfective aspect.
Translations
1 languagesOrigin
From a- + telic.From a- + telic.
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