disciplinenoun
uk/ˈdɪs.ə.plɪn/us/ˈdɪs.ə.plɪn/discipline noun (TRAINING)
B2 [ U ] training that makes people more willing to obey or more able to control themselves, often in the form of rules, and punishments if these are broken, or the behaviour produced by this training:
[ U ] the ability to control yourself or other people, even in difficult situations:
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- In some of these schools, army-style drills are used to instil a sense of discipline.
- The new teacher had failed to enforce any sort of discipline.
- Problems arise if the parents' approach to discipline is inconsistent.
- He's always harping on about lack of discipline.
- Several of the teachers were ineffectual at maintaining discipline.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Teaching in general
- brief
- CAL
- CLIL
- clue
- clue sb in
- drum
- homeschool
- hothousing
- instruction
- instructional
- popularize
- special educational needs
- teach
- teach sb a lesson idiom
- that'll teach sb idiom
- tutelage
- upskill
- upskilling
- wean
- wean sb on sth
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discipline noun (SUBJECT)
C2 [ C ] a particular area of study, especially a subject studied at a college or university
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Subjects & disciplines
- andragogy
- AP
- applied
- art
- biology
- bioscience
- esp
- food technology
- hard science
- home economics
- humanity
- mathematics
- modern languages
- physical education
- physical sciences
- psych
- psychology
- pure
- science
- women's studies
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disciplineverb
uk/ˈdɪs.ə.plɪn/us/ˈdɪs.ə.plɪn/discipline verb (PUNISH)
[ T ] to punish someone:
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Punishing & punishments
- bar
- be brought/called to account idiom
- boot
- bring
- bum rap
- carrot
- chastise
- clobber
- crucify
- heads will roll! idiom
- kick
- kick (some) ass idiom
- non-custodial
- parking ticket
- penal
- skin sb alive idiom
- string
- strip
- throw
- throw the book at sb idiom
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discipline verb (CONTROL)
[ T ] to teach someone to behave in a controlled way:
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Teaching in general
- brief
- CAL
- CLIL
- clue
- clue sb in
- drum
- homeschool
- hothousing
- instruction
- instructional
- popularize
- special educational needs
- teach
- teach sb a lesson idiom
- that'll teach sb idiom
- tutelage
- upskill
- upskilling
- wean
- wean sb on sth
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