discipline
verb/ˈdɪsəplɪn/
/ˈdɪsəplɪn/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they discipline | /ˈdɪsəplɪn/ /ˈdɪsəplɪn/ |
| he / she / it disciplines | /ˈdɪsəplɪnz/ /ˈdɪsəplɪnz/ |
| past simple disciplined | /ˈdɪsəplɪnd/ /ˈdɪsəplɪnd/ |
| past participle disciplined | /ˈdɪsəplɪnd/ /ˈdɪsəplɪnd/ |
| -ing form disciplining | /ˈdɪsəplɪnɪŋ/ /ˈdɪsəplɪnɪŋ/ |
- discipline somebody (for something) to punish somebody for something they have done
- The officers were disciplined for using racist language.
Extra ExamplesTopics Educationb2- Several players had to be disciplined for violent behaviour.
- A spokesman confirmed that Lewis will be disciplined by the club for his outburst.
- Should unions discipline members who take unofficial action?
- discipline somebody to train somebody, especially a child, to obey particular rules and control the way they behave
- a guide to the best ways of disciplining your child
- to control the way you behave and make yourself do things that you believe you should do
- discipline yourself Dieting is a matter of disciplining yourself.
- discipline yourself to do something He disciplined himself to exercise at least three times a week.
Word OriginMiddle English (in the sense ‘mortification by punishing oneself’): via Old French from Latin disciplina ‘instruction, knowledge’, from discipulus ‘learner’, from discere ‘learn’.
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