Meanings
nountelicity (countable and uncountable, plural telicities)
plural telicities
- countableuncountablehuman sciencesThe property of a verb or verb phrase that presents an action or event as being complete in some sense.
Origin
Translations
Catalan telicitat
- telicitatpresenting an action or event as complete
Dutch teliciteit
- teliciteitpresenting an action or event as complete
French télicité
- télicitépresenting an action or event as complete
German Telizität
- Telizitätpresenting an action or event as complete
Indonesian ketelisan
- ketelisanpresenting an action or event as complete
Italian telicità
- telicitàpresenting an action or event as complete
Polish teliczność
- telicznośćpresenting an action or event as complete
Russian предельность
- предельность (predelʹnostʹ)presenting an action or event as complete
Spanish telicidad
- telicidadpresenting an action or event as complete
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APA
telicity. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/telicity
MLA
“telicity.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/telicity. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “telicity,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/telicity.
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