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Meaning of atelic | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR B1

Definitions

  1. Presenting an action or event’s significance as being the process or experience instead of the end accomplishment or goal.
    not-comparable
  2. Not tending nor directed toward a goal or specific end.
    not-comparable
  3. That expresses lacking an end, resolution, or finite purpose.
    not-comparable
  4. That expresses the imperfective aspect.
    not-comparable

Equivalents

Deutsch atelisch
Suomi ateelinen

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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