See atelic in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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}
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}
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"Presenting an action or event’s significance as being the process or experience instead of the end accomplishment or goal."
],
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"(grammar) That expresses lacking an end, resolution, or finite purpose."
],
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"That expresses the imperfective aspect."
],
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],
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],
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"(linguistics) That expresses the imperfective aspect."
],
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],
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],
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}
],
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}
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