American English pronunciation
How to pronounce disciplined
IPA transcription: ['dɪsəplənd]
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Verb
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develop (children's) behavior by instruction and practice; especially to teach self-control
“Parents must discipline their children”
“Is this dog trained?”
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punish in order to gain control or enforce obedience
“The teacher disciplined the pupils rather frequently”
Adjective
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obeying the rules
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trained mentally or physically by instruction or exercise
“the beautiful coordination of his disciplined muscles”
“a disciplined mind”
Usage examples
- The classteacher disciplined Charlie for pinching.
- They were disciplined for their efforts.
- The army had disciplined his body, but not his soul.
- The choir started out fairly small and rather undisciplined.
- Akhmatova modeled its principles of writing with clarity, simplicity, and disciplined form.
- Politician disciplined for saying Sask.
- His superiors found him a keen, highly motivated and disciplined young officer.
- The Safavids also suffered from poor planning and ill-disciplined troops unlike the Ottomans.
- The classteacher disciplined Charlie for pinching.
- The classteacher disciplined Charlie for pinching.