single-minded

single-minded

See also: singleminded

English

Adjective

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

1. Intensely focused and concentrated on purpose, thinking of only one goal, undistractable.
   • 2017, BioWare, Mass Effect: Andromeda (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, OCLC 1261299044, PC, scene: Angara: The Roekaar Codex entry:

     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.

   • 2021 March 28, Phil McNulty, “Albania 0-2 England”, in BBC Sport‎:

     Southgate's single-minded approach means he will not worry about outside noise if he is convinced this is the right way to go. The proof, as ever, will come with results before and during the summer's delayed Euro 2020 showpiece.

Derived terms

• single-mindedly
• single-mindedness

Translations

intensely focused

Bulgarian: целенасочен (bg) (celenasočen) Chinese: Mandarin: 專一 (zh), 专一 (zh) (zhuānyī), 專心致志 (zh), 专心致志 (zh) (zhuānxīnzhìzhì), 一心一意 (zh) (yīxīnyīyì) Finnish: määrätietoinen (fi) French: déterminé (fr), résolu (fr) German: unbeirrbar (de), zielstrebig (de), entschlossen (de) Portuguese: obsessivo (pt) m Romanian: determinat (ro) m, rezolut (ro) m Russian: целеустремлённый (ru) (celeustremljónnyj), целенапра́вленный (ru) (celenaprávlennyj) Swedish: målmedveten (sv)