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single-minded

adj · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

adj

Meaning 1

Intensely focused and concentrated on purpose, thinking of only one goal, undistractable.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Honest, sincere, straightforward.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: idiomatic

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Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective satellite

Meaning 3

determined

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • she was firmly resolved to be a doctor
  • single-minded in his determination to stop smoking

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: resolved

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

17 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: целенасочен (celenasočen) — intensely focused
  • Chinese Mandarin: 專一 /专一 (zhuānyī) — intensely focused
  • Chinese Mandarin: 專心致志 /专心致志 (zhuānxīnzhìzhì) — intensely focused
  • Chinese Mandarin: 一心一意 (yīxīnyīyì) — intensely focused
  • Finnish: määrätietoinen — intensely focused
  • French: déterminé — intensely focused
  • French: résolu — intensely focused
  • German: unbeirrbar — intensely focused
  • German: zielstrebig — intensely focused
  • German: entschlossen — intensely focused
  • Polish: zdeterminowany — intensely focused
  • Portuguese: determinado — intensely focused
  • Romanian: determinat — intensely focused
  • Romanian: rezolut — intensely focused
  • Russian: целеустремлённый (celeustremljónnyj) — intensely focused
  • Russian: целенапра́вленный (celenaprávlennyj) — intensely focused
  • Swedish: målmedveten — intensely focused