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Telic is an English word. Below you'll find 5 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Telic in a sentence

Related words

Telic | Telicity

Telic meaning

  1. Tending or directed towards a goal or specific end.
  2. That expresses an end or purpose.
  3. That expresses the perfective aspect.

Using Telic

  • The main meaning on this page is: Tending or directed towards a goal or specific end. | That expresses an end or purpose. | That expresses the perfective aspect.
  • In the example corpus, telic often appears in combinations such as: telic and, is telic.

Context around Telic

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 15.8 words
  • Position in the sentence: 0 start, 2 middle, 3 end
  • Sentence types: 5 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

corresponding 1× operation 1×

Often after:

situation 1× completed 1×

Sentence patterns with Telic

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

accusative is telic and partitive 1× action is telic completed 1× cases corresponding telic and atelic 1× iraq operation telic 1× semelfactives have telic situation aspect 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

achievements accomplishments and 1× in rare cases 1× the aspect is 1× the expeditionary air 1× this case does 1×

Common sentence endings:

atelic situation aspect 1× iraq operation telic 1× is telic completed 1× partitive is atelic 1× unrelated by meaning 1×

Words around Telic

Just before it in the word index:

teliasonera 9 teliamura 3 telia 21 teli 5 telharmonium 2 telgemeier 2

Just after it in the word index:

telicity 2 telikom 3 telio 2 teliospores 2 telizhenko 6 telkom 90

Similar in corpus frequency:

aadujeevitham 7 aani 7 aarne 7 aasb 7 aasen 7 aashiqui 7

Corpus analysis for Telic

  • In this selection, "telic" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 15.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, corresponding, operation, situation and completed stand out and add context to how "telic" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include accusative is telic and partitive and action is telic completed. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "telic" sits close to words such as aadujeevitham, aani and aarne, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with telic

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

The expeditionary air group also supported operation over Iraq ( Operation Telic ). (11 words)

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)

Longer example sentences

This case does not indicate possession, but is a syntactic marker for the object, additionally indicating that the action is telic (completed). (22 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)

Example sentences (5)

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.

The expeditionary air group also supported operation over Iraq ( Operation Telic ).

This case does not indicate possession, but is a syntactic marker for the object, additionally indicating that the action is telic (completed).

Common combinations with telic

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "telic" in a sentence?
An example: "Achievements, accomplishments and semelfactives have telic situation aspect, while states and activities have atelic situation aspect." This page contains 5 example sentences with the word "telic" from authentic English texts.
What does "telic" mean?
Telic means: Tending or directed towards a goal or specific end.
How many example sentences with "telic" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 5 example sentences with "telic", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.