Directed toward an end

• Denoting the final end
• Directed toward a goal
• Tending toward a definite goal
• Purposeful
• Expressing purpose
• Tending toward an outcome
• Purposive

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.

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- ).