discipline

discipline
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noun
1 training people to behave; behaving well
ADJECTIVE
effective, firm, good, rigorous

We need better discipline in our schools.

harsh, iron, rigid, strict

strict military discipline

lax, poor

Discipline was too lax.

student, team
church, military, party, prison, school, social, work
parental
VERB + DISCIPLINE
enforce, exercise, impose

the discipline that the party exercises over its members

instil/instill

We need someone who is good at instilling discipline.

maintain

The teacher was unable to maintain discipline.

submit to

They submitted to the discipline imposed by their leaders.

learn

Students have to learn discipline.

have

The school was criticized for having very poor discipline.

lack

Modern schools lack discipline.

need

She believes children need discipline.

restore
DISCIPLINE + NOUN
problem
PHRASES
a breach of discipline (esp. BrE)

It's unfair to dismiss somebody for a single breach of discipline.

a breakdown in discipline, a breakdown of discipline

a breakdown of discipline in the classroom

a lack of discipline
order and discipline

He quickly brought order and discipline to the regiment.

2 controlling yourself
ADJECTIVE
good, great

It is good discipline to learn to delegate.

strict
personal
mental, spiritual
physical
business, commercial, financial, fiscal, industrial, market, monetary

The government has stabilized the economy through strict fiscal discipline.

message (= the practice of only talking about what is relevant to your aims, by a politician) (AmE)
VERB + DISCIPLINE
have

He'll never get anywhere working for himself—he has no discipline.

show
lack
apply, bring

something to help you bring discipline to your decision-making process

demand, require, take

It takes great discipline to learn a musical instrument.

PHRASES
a lack of discipline
3 subject of study
ADJECTIVE
core, main, major

Students are to be tested on the three core disciplines: mathematics, English and science.

different, distinct, independent, individual, separate

When did sociology emerge as a distinct discipline?

established, traditional
emerging, new
related

social work and its related disciplines

academic, intellectual, scholarly

They established psychology as an academic discipline.

professional (esp. AmE)
humanities, science, scientific, etc.
PREPOSITION
across disciplines

There is a lack of communication across disciplines (= between teachers and students of different subjects).

within a/the discipline

Within a discipline there may be more than one school of thought.

PHRASES
different disciplines, diverse disciplines

academics from diverse academic disciplines

multiple disciplines (esp. AmE)

experts in multiple disciplines

a range of disciplines

The university offers a wide range of disciplines.

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verb
Discipline is used with these nouns as the object: ↑child

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  • discipline — [ disiplin ] n. f. • 1080; « punition, ravage, douleur » en a. fr.; lat. disciplina 1 ♦ ( XIVe) Fouet fait de cordelettes ou de petites chaînes utilisé pour se flageller, se mortifier. Des coups de discipline. « Laurent, serrez ma haire avec ma… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • discipliné — discipline [ disiplin ] n. f. • 1080; « punition, ravage, douleur » en a. fr.; lat. disciplina 1 ♦ ( XIVe) Fouet fait de cordelettes ou de petites chaînes utilisé pour se flageller, se mortifier. Des coups de discipline. « Laurent, serrez ma… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • discipline — DISCIPLINE. s. f. Institution, instruction, éducation. Vous êtes sous la discipline d un bon Maître. Élevé sous une bonne discipline. Il y a des animaux capables de discipline. [b]f♛/b] Il se prend aussi pour Réglement, ordre, conduite. La… …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie Française 1798

  • discipline — Discipline. s. f. Institution, education. Vous estes sous la discipline d un bon maistre, eslevé sous une bonne discipline. Il se prend aussi, pour Reglement, ordre, conduite. La discipline Ecclesiastique & Religieuse. la discipline militaire.… …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • Discipline — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Este artículo trata sobre octavo álbum de King Crimson. Para otros usos de este término, véase Discipline (álbum). Discipline LP de King Crimson Publicación 1981 …   Wikipedia Español

  • discipline — Ⅰ. discipline UK US /ˈdɪsəplɪn/ noun ► [U] the practice of making sure that people obey rules and do not cause problems: »Personnel rules are used to govern worker conduct and impose discipline on violators. »the strict discipline of prison ► [U] …   Financial and business terms

  • Discipline — Dis ci*pline, n. [F. discipline, L. disciplina, from discipulus. See {Disciple}.] 1. The treatment suited to a disciple or learner; education; development of the faculties by instruction and exercise; training, whether physical, mental, or moral …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Discipline — (с англ. дисциплина) может означать: Discipline (альбом Джанет Джексон) (2008) Discipline (альбом King Crimson) (1981) Discipline: Record of a Crusade (2003) …   Википедия

  • Discipline — Dis ci*pline, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disciplined}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disciplining}.] [Cf. LL. disciplinarian to flog, fr. L. disciplina discipline, and F. discipliner to discipline.] 1. To educate; to develop by instruction and exercise; to train.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Discipline — bezeichnet: eine niederländische Band, siehe Discipline (Band) ein Musikalbum von King Crimson, siehe Discipline (Album) einen Teilaspekt des BDSM Diese Seite ist eine Begriffsklärung zur U …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • discipline — [n1] regimen, training conduct, control, cultivation, curb, development, domestication, drill, drilling, education, exercise, inculcation, indoctrination, limitation, method, orderliness, practice, preparation, regulation, restraint, self command …   New thesaurus

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