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single-minded

adjective
Someone who is single-minded has only one aim or purpose and is determined to achieve it.
They were effective politicians, single-minded in their pursuit of political power.
...a single-minded determination to win.
Synonyms: determined, dogged, fixed, dedicated More Synonyms of single-minded
single-mindedly graded adverb [ADVERB with verb, ADVERB adjective]
He was single-mindedly devoted to the hastening of freedom for the oppressed.
single-mindedness uncountable noun
...the single-mindedness of the athletes as they train.

single-minded in British English

adjective
having but one aim or purpose; dedicated
Derived forms
single-mindedly (ˌsingle-ˈmindedly)
adverb
single-mindedness (ˌsingle-ˈmindedness)
noun

single-minded in American English

(ˈsɪŋgəlˈmaɪndɪd)
adjective
1. 
single-hearted
2. 
with only one aim or purpose
Derived forms
single-mindedly (ˈsingle-ˈmindedly)
adverb
single-mindedness (ˈsingle-ˈmindedness)
noun

Examples of 'single-minded' in a sentence
single-minded

It was the willingness to shoulder responsibility and the single-minded pursuit of victory.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Either way it expressed so well his single-minded devotion to the matter in hand.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
But incredibly single-minded in their approach to a race.
The Sun (2013)
And he is convinced his single-minded approach will not just lengthen his career but his life.
The Sun (2008)
You have the innovative ideas and single-minded determination to keep going with your plans until they work.
The Sun (2009)
You have the bold ideas and single-minded determination that get results with work ambitions and family projects.
The Sun (2009)
You have a single-minded determination at work and with a personal project that gets results.
The Sun (2009)
They did it by their own supreme efforts and their own single-minded determination to win.
The Sun (2008)
We must have a system that is focused and single-minded.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
It was there throughout his playing days when he would move clubs regularly in single-minded pursuit of honours.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
You have the single-minded determination that will make you unstoppable and job plans and personal projects look good.
The Sun (2009)
In the past two years all central banks had to move well beyond any single-minded focus on inflation.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
This fits in with that single-minded focus on the father that is necessary if he is to remain at all central.
Jackson, Rosie Mothers who Leave (1994)
Its single-minded approach has paid off.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
A single-minded approach from which there is rarely any swaying.
The Sun (2009)
I like to remain single-minded and focused on my team.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Numerous valuable prizes have been spurned in their single-minded pursuit of the Arc.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
The male brain has become specialised single-minded determination, the female brain at multitasking.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
It's also because only single-minded determination drives change in a resistant system.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
In the right circumstances, such single-minded determination can be a force for progress.
The Sun (2011)
It is not the money per se that makes them unhappy, but the single-minded pursuit of that money.
Paul Martin MAKING HAPPY PEOPLE (2005)
This tiny falcon's single-minded ferocity in pursuit of its prey is a sight to make you catch your breath.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Serious Saturn gives you a single-minded determination to focus on a project until it works outas you want it to.
The Sun (2010)

In other languages
single-minded

British English: single-minded ADJECTIVE
Someone who is single-minded has only one aim or purpose and is determined to achieve it.
They were ruthless and single-minded in their pursuit of political power.
  • American English: single-minded
  • Brazilian Portuguese: determinado
  • Chinese: 一心一意的
  • European Spanish: resuelto
  • French: résolu
  • German: zielstrebig
  • Italian: determinato
  • Japanese: ひたむきな
  • Korean: 외골수인
  • European Portuguese: determinado
  • Latin American Spanish: resuelto

Chinese translation of 'single-minded'

single-minded

(sɪŋɡlˈmaɪndɪd)

adj

  1. 一心一意的 (yī xīn yī yì de)
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