I.
noun
1 training people to behave; behaving well
ADJECTIVE
▪ effective , firm , good , rigorous
▪
We need better ~ in our schools.
▪ harsh , iron , rigid , strict
▪
strict military ~
▪ lax , poor
▪
Discipline was too lax.
▪ student , team
▪ church , military , party , prison , school , social , work
▪ parental
VERB + DISCIPLINE
▪ enforce , exercise , impose
▪
the ~ that the party exercises over its members
▪ instil/instill
▪
We need someone who is good at instilling ~.
▪ maintain
▪
The teacher was unable to maintain ~.
▪ submit to
▪
They submitted to the ~ imposed by their leaders.
▪ learn
▪
Students have to learn ~.
▪ have
▪
The school was criticized for having very poor ~.
▪ lack
▪
Modern schools lack ~.
▪ need
▪
She believes children need ~.
▪ restore
DISCIPLINE + NOUN
▪ problem
PHRASES
▪ a breach of ~ ( esp. BrE )
▪
It's unfair to dismiss somebody for a single breach of ~.
▪ a breakdown in ~ , a breakdown of ~
▪
a breakdown of ~ in the classroom
▪ a lack of ~
▪ order and ~
▪
He quickly brought order and ~ to the regiment.
2 controlling yourself
ADJECTIVE
▪ good , great
▪
It is good ~ 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 ~.
▪ 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 ~.
▪ show
▪ lack
▪ apply , bring
▪
something to help you bring ~ to your decision-making process
▪ demand , require , take
▪
It takes great ~ to learn a musical instrument.
PHRASES
▪ a lack of ~
3 subject of study
ADJECTIVE
▪ core , main , major
▪
Students are to be tested on the three core ~s: mathematics, English and science.
▪ different , distinct , independent , individual , separate
▪
When did sociology emerge as a distinct ~?
▪ established , traditional
▪ emerging , new
▪ related
▪
social work and its related ~s
▪ academic , intellectual , scholarly
▪
They established psychology as an academic ~.
▪ professional ( esp. AmE )
▪ humanities , science , scientific , etc.
PREPOSITION
▪ across ~s
▪
There is a lack of communication across ~s (= between teachers and students of different subjects) .
▪ within a/the ~
▪
Within a ~ there may be more than one school of thought.
PHRASES
▪ different ~s , diverse ~s
▪
academics from diverse academic ~s
▪ multiple ~s ( esp. AmE )
▪
experts in multiple ~s
▪ a range of ~s
▪
The university offers a wide range of ~s.
II.
verb
Discipline is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ child