SINGLE-MINDED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does single-minded mean? 

• SINGLE-MINDED (adjective)
  The adjective SINGLE-MINDED has 1 sense:

1. determined

  Familiarity information: SINGLE-MINDED used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SINGLE-MINDED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Determined

Synonyms:

resolved; single-minded

Context example:

single-minded in his determination to stop smoking

Similar:

resolute (firm in purpose or belief; characterized by firmness and determination)

Derivation:

single-mindedness (characterized by one unified purpose)

 Context examples 

An unpretending, single-minded, artless girl—infinitely to be preferred by any man of sense and taste to such a woman as Mrs. Elton.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

Arthur was the most single-minded, chivalrous, patriotic man upon earth.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)