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Grammar : Adj, verb
Spell : dis-uh-plind
Phonetic Transcription : ˈdɪs ə plɪnd



Definition of disciplined

Origin :
  • early 13c., "penitential chastisement; punishment," from Old French descepline (11c.) "discipline, physical punishment; teaching; suffering; martyrdom," and directly from Latin disciplina "instruction given, teaching, learning, knowledge," also "object of instruction, knowledge, science, military discipline," from discipulus (see disciple (n.)).
  • Sense of "treatment that corrects or punishes" is from notion of "order necessary for instruction." The Latin word is glossed in Old English by þeodscipe. Meaning "branch of instruction or education" is first recorded late 14c. Meaning "military training" is from late 15c.; that of "orderly conduct as a result of training" is from c.1500.
  • As in methodical/methodic : adj organized, precise
  • As in middle-of-the-road : adj moderate
  • As in ascetic : adj self-denying
  • As in moderate : adj calm, temperate
  • As in ordered : adj orderly
  • As in orderly : adj well-behaved
  • As in qualified : adj able, skillful
  • As in regimented : adj strictly regulated
  • As in sober : adj calm, peaceful; dull
  • As in tame : adj domesticated, compliant
  • As in veteran : adj experienced, seasoned
  • As in methodical : adj organized
  • As in accustomed : adj be or become prepared, used to
  • As in trained : adj prepared
  • As in businesslike : adj efficient, professional
  • As in spartan : adj economical
  • As in trained : adj educated
  • As in controlled : adj reserved
  • As in methodic : adj methodical
  • As in systematical : adj methodical
  • As in gentle : adj having a mild or kind nature
  • As in habitual : adj usual, established
  • As in instruct : verb inform, teach
  • As in mind : verb attend, tend
  • As in mortify : verb embarrass
  • As in nurture : verb feed, care for
  • As in penalize : verb punish
  • As in practice : verb repeat action to improve
  • As in punish : verb penalize for wrongdoing
  • As in school : verb teach
  • As in scourge : verb beat, punish, often physically
  • As in season : verb acclimatize, prepare
  • As in subdue : verb keep under control; moderate
  • As in tame : verb domesticate, make compliant
  • As in teach : verb educate; instill knowledge
  • As in train : verb prepare
  • As in tutor : verb teach someone privately
  • As in breed : verb raise, nurture
  • As in bring up : verb raise youngster
  • As in castigate : verb criticize severely
  • As in censure : verb condemn; criticize severely
  • As in chasten : verb correct, humiliate
  • As in control : verb have charge of
  • As in cultivate : verb enrich situation; give special attention
  • As in educate : verb teach information, experience
  • As in exercise : verb do repeatedly, especially to improve
  • As in govern : verb influence; hold in check
  • As in ground : verb base, set; educate
  • As in habituate : verb prepare, accustom
  • As in harden : verb accustom
Example sentences :
  • The woman before her had been disciplined by sorrow to sternest self-control.
  • Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
  • You'll make mistakes; you'll break rules; you'll have to be disciplined.
  • Extract from : « The Boy Scout Treasure Hunters » by Charles Henry Lerrigo
  • What is wanting is disciplined taste, more variety, more severity.
  • Extract from : « Diderot and the Encyclopdists » by John Morley
  • Even before his mother saw it, she knew she was going to be disciplined.
  • Extract from : « In Apple-Blossom Time » by Clara Louise Burnham
  • He formed the rough Bohemian peasantry into a disciplined army.
  • Extract from : « History of the Moravian Church » by J. E. Hutton
  • The native levies cannot be compared with the disciplined troops.
  • Extract from : « Through Three Campaigns » by G. A. Henty
  • He was disciplined in all the natural science of his predecessors.
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Mind » by James Mark Baldwin
  • A country and an army—coherent, disciplined comrades in arms.
  • Extract from : « The Book of All-Power » by Edgar Wallace
  • But it was no longer the disciplined and docile Democracy of old.
  • Extract from : « The Negro and the Nation » by George S. Merriam
  • The horror has not decreased, but nerves and sight are beginning to be disciplined to it.
  • Extract from : « Coming Home » by Edith Wharton

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