(~s, disciplining, ~d)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
Discipline is the practice of making people obey rules or standards of behaviour, and punishing them when they do not.
Order and ~ have been placed in the hands of headmasters and governing bodies.
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2.
Discipline is the quality of being able to behave and work in a controlled way which involves obeying particular rules or standards.
It was that image of calm and ~ that appealed to voters.
= self-control
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3.
If you refer to an activity or situation as a ~, you mean that, in order to be successful in it, you need to behave in a strictly controlled way and obey particular rules or standards.
The ~ of studying music can help children develop good work habits.
N-VAR
4.
If someone is ~d for something that they have done wrong, they are punished for it.
The workman was ~d by his company but not dismissed...
Her husband had at last taken a share in disciplining the boy.
VERB: be V-ed, V n
5.
If you ~ yourself to do something, you train yourself to behave and work in a strictly controlled and regular way.
Out on the course you must ~ yourself to let go of detailed theory...
I’m very good at disciplining myself.
VERB: V pron-refl to-inf, V pron-refl
6.
A ~ is a particular area of study, especially a subject of study in a college or university. (FORMAL)
We’re looking for people from a wide range of ~s.
= subject
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7.
see also self-~