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telicity

/tiːˈlɪsɪti/

telicity noun: the property of a verb or verb phrase that presents an action or event as being complete in some sense.

Noun

telicity (countable and uncountable, plural telicities)

  1. The property of a verb or verb phrase that presents an action or event as being complete in some sense.

telicity meaning in Bengali and Indonesian

telicity in Bengali

ক্রিয়া, ক্রিয়াপদাংশের সেই ধর্ম

telicity in Indonesian

presenting an action or event as complete
ketelisan

Forms of telicity

pluraltelicities

Origin of telicity

From telic + -ity.

Questions about telicity

What does telicity mean?
Telicity means the property of a verb or verb phrase that presents an action or event as being complete in some sense.
What is telicity in Bengali?
Telicity in Bengali is ক্রিয়া, ক্রিয়াপদাংশের সেই ধর্ম. See Telicity meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is telicity?
Telicity is a noun.
How do you pronounce telicity?
Telicity is pronounced /tiːˈlɪsɪti/.
What is the plural of telicity?
The plural of telicity is telicities.

Words near telicity in the dictionary

  1. Telibagh
  2. telic
  3. telical
  4. telically
  5. telicities
  6. telicity
  7. teliferous
  8. telimomab
  9. telinavir
  10. TELINT
  11. teliochrysalid

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Adapted from Wiktionary: telicity (page history and authors); telicity (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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