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PRONUNCIATION OF ATELIC

atelic  [eɪˈtɛlɪk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ATELIC

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Atelic is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES ATELIC MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Telicity

In linguistics, telicity is the property of a verb or verb phrase that presents an action or event as being complete in some sense. A verb or verb phrase with this property is said to be telic, while a verb or verb phrase that presents an action or event as being incomplete is said to be atelic.

Definition of atelic in the English dictionary

The definition of atelic in the dictionary is showing an action or happening as being unfinished. Other definition of atelic is dreadful, revolting or repulsive.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ATELIC


angelic
ænˈdʒɛlɪk
autotelic
ˌɔːtəʊˈtɛlɪk
evangelic
ˌiːvænˈdʒɛlɪk
Gadhelic
ɡædˈhɛlɪk
Goidelic
ɡɔɪˈdɛlɪk
infidelic
ˌɪnfɪˈdɛlɪk
melic
ˈmɛlɪk
melick
ˈmɛlɪk
nickelic
nɪˈkɛlɪk
philatelic
ˌfɪləˈtɛlɪk
prepsychedelic
ˌpriːsaɪkəˈdɛlɪk
protostelic
ˌprəʊtəʊˈstɛlɪk
psychedelic
ˌsaɪkɪˈdɛlɪk
relic
ˈrɛlɪk
sapropelic
ˌsæprəˈpɛlɪk
scalpellic
skælˈpɛlɪk
syringomyelic
səˌrɪŋɡəʊmaɪˈɛlɪk
telic
ˈtɛlɪk
ureotelic
ˌjʊərɪəˈtɛlɪk
uricotelic
ˌjʊərɪkəʊˈtɛlɪk

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ATELIC

atavistically
ataxia
ataxic
ataxy
ATB
Atbara
ATC
ate
Atebrin
atechnic
atelectasis
atelectatic
ateleiosis
atelier
atemoya
atemporal
Aten
atenolol

WORDS THAT END LIKE ATELIC

allelic
archangelic
blastocoelic
enterocoelic
Gaelic
Goidhelic
interallelic
Irish Gaelic
monostelic
nonallelic
Pantagruelic
parhelic
phocomelic
psychodelic
Scottish Gaelic
siphonostelic
stelic
wood melic

Synonyms and antonyms of atelic in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «atelic» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ATELIC

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The translations of atelic from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «atelic» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

atelic
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

atelic
570 millions of speakers

English

atelic
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

atelic
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

atelic
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

atelic
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

atelic
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ateleiosis
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

atélique
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Ateleiosis
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Atelic
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

atelic
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

atelic
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ateleiosis
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

atelic
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ateleiosis
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अचल कमळ
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

ateleiosis
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

atelic
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

atelic
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

atelic
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

atelic
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

atelic
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

atelic
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

atelic
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

atelic
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of atelic

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ATELIC»

The term «atelic» is used very little and occupies the 157.789 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ATELIC» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about atelic

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ATELIC»

Discover the use of atelic in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to atelic and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Aspect: An Introduction to the Study of Verbal Aspect and ...
In the preceding paragraph, we spoke of telic situations, rather than telic verbs. At first sight, it might seem that we could call verbs that refer to telic situations telic, those that refer to atelic situations atelic; in fact, the picture is not quite so simple.
Bernard Comrie, 1976
2
Aspect in English: A `Common-Sense' View of the Interplay ...
The problem also concerns the exact definition of telic. The action in this sentence (11), viewed in its totality, ought to be regarded as atelic and imperfective, denoting non- bounded repetition if the lack of markers of boundedness on both sides ...
K. Kabakciev, 2000
3
Language and Logos: Studies in Theoretical and Computational ...
The distinction between telic and atelic events is a fundamental one in the theory of events. Atelic events are events that have no intrinsically defined beginning or end. Telic events, on the other hand, work towards a goal that is reached at the ...
Thomas Hanneforth, Gisbert Fanselow, 2010
4
From Now to Eternity
Jesse Mortelmans, Tanja Mortelmans, Walter De Mulder. the path respectively, route prepositions (à travers, le long de, par) which are aspectually ambiguous and assume a telic/atelic reading depending on the predicate type, and finally atelic ...
Jesse Mortelmans, Tanja Mortelmans, Walter De Mulder, 2011
5
Lexical Functions in Lexicography and Natural Language ...
Whether the first clause in (3a) is interpreted as telic or atelic, its primary interpretation is perfective in the following sense: the sentence implies that there was a continuous solid block of reading followed by a block of playing. Notice that the ...
Leo Wanner, 1996
6
Event Semantics of Verb Frame Alternations: A Case Study of ...
When the atelic verb selects one participant, resultative formation triggers an intransitive-transitive (e.g., zwemmen 'swim' in m) and Q». When the atelic verb selects two participants, the telic alternant must be transitive (e.g., martelen ' torture' ...
Angeliek Van Hout, 2013
7
Language and Meaning: The Structural Creation of Reality
Aspect is to be distinguished from tense, the other main grammatical category which expresses time relations. atelic. See 'telic/atelic'. aterminative. See 'telic/ atelic'. Auxiliary + Participle aspect. One of the three formal realizations of aspect.
Christopher Beedham, 2005
8
The Tense System in English Relative Clauses: A Corpus-Based ...
(unbounded atelic) John too loved Mary. (unbounded atelic) John too will love Mary. (unbounded atelic) John too has loved Mary. (bounded atelic) At that time, it was clear that John too had loved Mary. (bounded atelic) John plays football.
Ilse Depraetere, 1996
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The Oxford Handbook of Tense and Aspect
Shifts between telic and atelic interpretations induced by temporal (and other adverbial) modifiers are also common. For instance, “(*)” in (1b) means that in an hour is acceptable in the relevant telic interpretation of (1b), if the speaker and the ...
Robert I. Binnick, 2012
10
The Navajo Verb: A Grammar for Students and Scholars
When stem-sets come in pairs, one of the stem-sets in the pair is reserved just for those verb bases that have the atelic outer prefix na as one of their lexical prefixes. For now, well say that the other stem-set is used for any other verb bases, but ...
Leonard M. Faltz, 1998

4 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ATELIC»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term atelic is used in the context of the following news items.
1
ZFC launches new product, eyes profitability
Once the atelic dust has been applied, it has systemic and respiratory/vapour action, acts on the nervous system of the insects (different site to ... «NewsDay, Jul 15»
2
A word in the hand
By contrast, atelic verbs such as “negotiate” or “think” denote actions of indefinite duration. The distinction is an important one for philosophers ... «The Economist, Apr 15»
3
Unity rally among upcoming Jewish events on Staten Island
For more information about the free event, call Albana Telic, CLLD senior program coordinator, at 718-475-5289 or email atelic@sijcc.com. «SILive.com, Jun 14»
4
IN SEARCH OF TIME: JOURNEYS ALONG A CURIOUS …
... where Brahma lives for 311trillion years, give or take - and learn about the 'atelic' dream-time of Australian Aboriginals. You also learn about ... «Daily Mail, Jun 09»

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