American English pronunciation

How to pronounce disciplined

IPA transcription: ['dɪsəplənd]

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Verb

  • develop (children's) behavior by instruction and practice; especially to teach self-control

    “Parents must discipline their children”

    “Is this dog trained?”

  • punish in order to gain control or enforce obedience

    “The teacher disciplined the pupils rather frequently”

Adjective

  • obeying the rules

  • 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.