Definition of "telicity" [telicity]

• The property of a verb or verb phrase that presents an action or event as being complete in some sense. (noun)

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• "Tropylium: "Except the usual analysis is that the distinction involves what's called the "telicity" of the action, that is, how complete the action on the object is.""
• "Except the usual analysis is that the distinction involves what's called the "telicity" of the action, that is, how complete the action on the object is."
• "Bilbo, can you reasonably guess at a definition for telicity?"