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single-minded

single-minded adjective: intensely focused and concentrated on purpose, thinking of only one goal, undistractable.

Adjective

single-minded (comparative more single-minded, superlative most single-minded)

  1. Intensely focused and concentrated on purpose, thinking of only one goal, undistractable.
    • They consider it an earnest of the epoch to come that it fell to the lot of Abraham Lincoln, the single-minded son of the working class, to lead his country through the matchless struggle for the rescue of an enchained race and the reconstruction of a social world.1865 January 7, Karl Mark, “Address of the International Working Men's Association to Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States of America”, in The Bee-Hive Newspaper, number 169
    • 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.2017, BioWare, Mass Effect: Andromeda (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Angara: The Roekaar Codex entry
  2. (idiomatic) Honest, sincere, straightforward.

single-minded meaning in Tamil, Bengali, Malayalam and Kannada

single-minded in Tamil

ஒருமுகச் சிந்தனையான, ஒரே நோக்கமுள்ள

single-minded in Bengali

single-minded; having one's mind fixed entirely on a single object; fully concentrated
অনন্যচিত্ত ononnocitto

single-minded in Malayalam

committed, determined, unswerving
ഏകചിന്താനിരതമായ, ഏകാഗ്രചിത്ത, ഏകനിഷ്ഠ, ഏകാഗ്രതയുള്ള, ഒന്നിൽ ഉറച്ചുനിൽക്കുന്ന, ഏകസർഗ്ഗ

single-minded in Kannada

ಏಕಾಗ್ರತೆಯ, ಏಕನಿಷ್ಠ, ಶ್ರದ್ಧಾವಂತ, ತನ್ಮಯವಾದ, ತಲ್ಲೀನವಾದ, ಸಯ್ಪಿನ

Forms of single-minded

comparativemore single-minded
superlativemost single-minded

Words formed from single-minded

Phrases with single-minded

Questions about single-minded

What does single-minded mean?
Single-minded means intensely focused and concentrated on purpose, thinking of only one goal, undistractable.
What is single-minded in Tamil?
Single-minded in Tamil is ஒருமுகச் சிந்தனையான, ஒரே நோக்கமுள்ள. See Single-minded meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is single-minded?
Single-minded is an adjective.

Words near single-minded in the dictionary

  1. single-line whip
  2. single-line whips
  3. single-manned
  4. single-manning
  5. single-masted
  6. single-minded
  7. single-minded branding moment
  8. single-minded branding moments
  9. single-mindedly
  10. single-mindedness
  11. single-molecule magnet

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Adapted from Wiktionary: single-minded (page history and authors); single-minded (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); অনন্যচিত্ত (Bengali) (page history and authors); single-minded (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); single-minded (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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