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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

te•los n., pl. te•loi

Philosophy, Foreign Termsthe end term of a goal-directed process;
esp., the Aristotelian final cause.

Greek télos; compare tele-²
1900–05

'telos' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

philately - talisman - telangiectasis - tele - teleology - telestich - telo- - telomere - telson - toll

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