discipline
- {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun1 training people to behave; behaving wellADJECTIVE▪ 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▪ parentalVERB + 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.
▪ restoreDISCIPLINE + NOUN▪ problemPHRASES▪ 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 yourselfADJECTIVE▪ 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 discipline3 subject of studyADJECTIVE▪ 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▪{{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}}The university offers a wide range of disciplines.
verbDiscipline is used with these nouns as the object: ↑child
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
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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
