single-minded
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4.4
- adjective
- /ˈsɪŋɡlˌmaɪndɪd/
:
decidido
- With a single-minded focus on his goal, he worked tirelessly day and night to achieve success.
- single-minded pursuit
- single-minded determination
- single-minded devotion
And it will become their single minded focus to do this.
- And it will become their single minded focus to do this.
- You will need to be dedicated, single minded and there is no substitute to hard work.
- They are weaponizing religion to a very, very single minded base.
- I had that single minded focus on on this goal, but that's very comfortable, isn't it?
- It's just they're so single minded on how they did it that they cannot tell other people how to do it.
- There are so many people who don't want you to succeed, so you really really have to be single minded.
Examples
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He's completely single-minded and has no regard for the political process.
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We must therefore be single-minded and think only of putting into reality the pastor's dream.
Fiction book (1991) -
And it will become their single minded focus to do this.
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You will need to be dedicated, single minded and there is no substitute to hard work.
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Actually, Asia is much more complex than a single-minded focus on terrorism would suggest.
Academic text (2006) -
Violet looks at Caesar, who is working with the calm, single-minded focus of a machine.
Fiction book (1996) -
The autonomous robots had continued on their single-minded way without them.
Fiction book (2000) -
Don't trust anyone and be single-minded in all you do.
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Thus, the entrepreneurs' single-minded pursuit of profit led to great technological advances.
Fiction book (1995) -
I've proposed a massive, single-minded, all-out focus on improving the quality of instruction.
Academic text (2015)
Synonyms
976
1.0
Applying to only one group or system
153
3.9
Giving a lot of time and care to a job or cause
Giving full attention to one thing
Firm in deciding to do something and not willing to change your mind
Antonyms
How Focused
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word single-minded comes from single meaning 'one' and mind meaning 'thought' or 'purpose'. So, a single-minded person keeps all their attention and effort on one goal.