"single-minded" meaning in English

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Adjective

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. Translations (intensely focused): целенасочен (celenasočen) (Bulgarian), 專一 /专一 (zhuānyī) (Chinese Mandarin), 專心致志 /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)
    Sense id: en-single-minded-en-adj-eBgrlzUD Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 72 28 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 77 23 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 87 13 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 89 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 66 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 66 34 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 72 28 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 73 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 75 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 56 44 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 66 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 75 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 66 34 Disambiguation of 'intensely focused': 88 12
  2. (idiomatic) Honest, sincere, straightforward. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-single-minded-en-adj-7YniAxDC
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: single-minded branding moment, single-mindedly, single-mindedness
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