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# discipline

«discipline» in Mova's school dictionary: **following rules and controlling how you act, often taught…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (discipline; a discipline, disciplines); verb (discipline, disciplines, disciplined, disciplining)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Discipline is following rules and controlling how you act, often taught by parents or teachers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/discipline/#m1)

2) Self-discipline: making yourself do what you should, like practising every day. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/discipline/#m2)

3) To discipline someone is to punish them for breaking rules. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/discipline/#m3)

4) (formal) A subject or field of study, such as maths or biology. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/discipline/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

Used in school (classroom discipline), sport (training discipline) and at home. Phrases: «keep discipline», «lack discipline», «self-discipline», «discipline yourself». In formal writing «scientific disciplines» means different sciences.

### examples

- The coach said discipline is the key to winning. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/discipline/#x1)
- Learning piano takes a lot of discipline. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/discipline/#x2)
- The school has strict discipline. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/discipline/#x3)
- Her parents disciplined her for lying. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/discipline/#x4)
- Chemistry and physics are two scientific disciplines. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/discipline/#x5)
- It takes self-discipline to do homework before games. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/discipline/#x6)
- The soldiers marched with perfect discipline. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/discipline/#x7)
- The pressure of regularity and discipline here stamped the jewel, which in the future the world so well knew. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/discipline/#x8)

### note

As «following rules» it is uncountable; as «a field of study» it is countable (disciplines). Adjective: disciplined (a disciplined player). Spelling trap: «sc» in disci-pline.

### In the corpora

- ["Behaviour management" is jargon for discipline and punishment.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/17-school-and-pets/6/)
- [Athens loved debate, trade, art and its navy; Sparta loved discipline, obedience and its army.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/11-ancient-greece-city-states-athens-and-sparta/13/)
- [To receive the discipline of wisdom, justice, and right, and equity;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.2/)
- [The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge; but the foolish despise wisdom and discipline.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.6/)
- [He openeth also their ear to discipline, and commandeth that they return from iniquity.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/JOB.949/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «discipline» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/discipline/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.