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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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EXAMPLE SENTENCES
Play Button "Savannah received a review of being a telic, goal-oriented worker."
Play Button "The task force had a concrete, telic goal."
Play Button "The support group did not have a telic purpose; it was meant to provide comfort."
Greek, mid-19th century
Why This Word?
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. ...
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