Tending toward a definite goal

• Expressing purpose
• Tending to a definite end
• Tending toward an outcome
• Directed toward a goal
• Directed toward an end

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. 1 (context grammar English) expressing end or purpose. 2 (context linguistics English) perfective aspect. 3 tending towards a goal or definite end.

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Telic , a purposeful or defined action, may refer to: Grammatically, indicating telicity A central argument of Teleology says that the world has clearly been constructed in a purposeful telic rather than a chaotic manner, and must therefore have been made ...

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"indicating purpose," 1846, from Greek telikos "final," from telos "end, goal, result" (see tele- ).

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Telharmony \Tel*har"mo*ny\ [?]), at a distant point or points by means of alternating currents of electricity controlled by an operator who plays on a keyboard. The music is produced by a receiving instrument similar or analogous to the telephone, but not ...