telicity
The property of a verb or verb phrase that presents an action or event as being complete in some sense.
Noun
- The property of a verb or verb phrase that presents an action or event as being complete in some sense.
Origin
Etymology tree English telic Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English telicity From telic + -ity.