Wondering how to use Atelic in a sentence? Below are 3 example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning .
Atelic in a sentence
Atelic meaning
- Presenting an action or event’s significance as being the process or experience instead of the end accomplishment or goal.
- Not tending nor directed toward a goal or specific end.
- That expresses lacking an end, resolution, or finite purpose.
Using Atelic
- The main meaning on this page is: Presenting an action or event’s significance as being the process or experience instead of the end accomplishment or goal. | Not tending nor directed toward a goal or specific end. | That expresses lacking an end, resolution, or finite purpose.
Context around Atelic
- Average sentence length in these examples: 15.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 1 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 3 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Atelic
- In this selection, "atelic" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 15.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, situation and forms stand out and add context to how "atelic" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include activities have atelic situation aspect and partitive is atelic. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "atelic" sits close to words such as aaaaand, aaah and aacl, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with atelic
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
In rare cases corresponding telic and atelic forms can be unrelated by meaning. (13 words)
Achievements, accomplishments and semelfactives have telic situation aspect, while states and activities have atelic situation aspect. (16 words)
The aspect is indicated by the case of the object: accusative is telic and partitive is atelic. (17 words)
The aspect is indicated by the case of the object: accusative is telic and partitive is atelic. (17 words)
Achievements, accomplishments and semelfactives have telic situation aspect, while states and activities have atelic situation aspect. (16 words)
In rare cases corresponding telic and atelic forms can be unrelated by meaning. (13 words)
Example sentences (3)
Achievements, accomplishments and semelfactives have telic situation aspect, while states and activities have atelic situation aspect.
In rare cases corresponding telic and atelic forms can be unrelated by meaning.
The aspect is indicated by the case of the object: accusative is telic and partitive is atelic.