"single-minded" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Forms: more single-minded [comparative], most single-minded [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} single-minded (comparative more single-minded, superlative most single-minded)
  1. Intensely focused and concentrated on purpose, thinking of only one goal, undistractable. Derived forms: single-mindedly, single-mindedness Translations (intensely focused): целенасочен (celenasočen) (Bulgarian), 專一 (Chinese Mandarin), 专一 (zhuānyī) (Chinese Mandarin), 專心致志 (Chinese Mandarin), 专心致志 (zhuānxīnzhìzhì) (Chinese Mandarin), 一心一意 (yīxīnyīyì) (Chinese Mandarin), määrätietoinen (Finnish), déterminé (French), résolu (French), unbeirrbar (German), zielstrebig (German), entschlossen (German), determinado [masculine] (Portuguese), determinat [masculine] (Romanian), rezolut [masculine] (Romanian), целеустремлённый (celeustremljónnyj) (Russian), целенапра́вленный (celenaprávlennyj) (Russian), målmedveten (Swedish)
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          "text": "Ruthless and single-minded, the Roekaar's propaganda describes their intent to drive all alien invaders, both Milky Way and kett, out of the Heleus Cluster.",
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          "sense": "intensely focused",
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      "sense": "intensely focused",
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      "sense": "intensely focused",
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      "code": "de",
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      "word": "entschlossen"
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