word-vault/dist/data/cards/di/discipline.json

A lightweight JavaScript package for English word definitions and collections.

{
    "term": "discipline",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "the practice of training people to obey rules and orders and punishing them if they do not; the controlled behaviour or situation that is the result of this training",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The school has a reputation for high standards of discipline."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Strict discipline is imposed on army recruits."
                },
                {
                    "text": "harsh/rigorous/rigid/iron discipline"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She keeps good discipline in class."
                },
                {
                    "text": "to instill/enforce/impose/maintain discipline"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Lack of discipline at home meant that many pupils found it difficult to settle into the ordered environment of the school."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a serious breach of discipline"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He quickly brought order and discipline to the regiment."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It's unfair to dismiss somebody for a single breach of discipline."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Modern schools lack discipline."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She believes children need discipline."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Students have to learn discipline."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The chancellor has stabilized the economy through strict fiscal discipline."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The new headmaster tightened discipline in the school."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The school was criticized for having very poor discipline."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The teacher was unable to maintain discipline."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They submitted to the discipline imposed by their leaders."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We need better discipline in our schools."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We need someone who is good at instilling discipline."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a breakdown of discipline in the classroom"
                },
                {
                    "text": "strict military discipline"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the discipline that the party exercises over its members"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Working life", "Education"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["effective", "firm", "good"],
                "verb + discipline": ["enforce", "exercise", "impose"],
                "discipline + noun": ["problem"],
                "phrases": [
                    "a breach of discipline",
                    "a breakdown in discipline",
                    "a breakdown of discipline"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a method of training your mind or body or of controlling your behaviour; an area of activity where this is necessary",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Yoga is a good discipline for learning to relax."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["good", "great", "strict"],
                "verb + discipline": ["have", "show", "lack"],
                "phrases": ["a lack of discipline"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "the ability to control your behaviour or the way you live, work, etc.",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He'll never get anywhere working for himself—he's got no discipline."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Her determination and discipline were admirable."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It is good discipline to learn to delegate."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It takes great discipline to learn a musical instrument."
                },
                {
                    "text": "something to help you bring discipline to your decision-making process"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["good", "great", "strict"],
                "verb + discipline": ["have", "show", "lack"],
                "phrases": ["a lack of discipline"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "an area of knowledge; a subject that people study or are taught, especially in a university",
            "labels": "(formal)",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The new recruits were drawn from a range of **academic disciplines**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Scholars from various disciplines have been working on these problems."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Applications are welcome from candidates with a degree in a mathematics or other relevant discipline."
                },
                {
                    "text": "social work and its related disciplines"
                },
                {
                    "text": "experts in multiple disciplines"
                },
                {
                    "text": "academics from diverse academic disciplines"
                },
                {
                    "text": "When did sociology emerge as a distinct discipline?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "They established psychology as an academic discipline."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The university offers a wide range of disciplines."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There is a lack of communication across disciplines."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Students are to be tested on the three core disciplines: mathematics, English and science."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Within a discipline there may be more than one school of thought."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Education"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["core", "main", "major"],
                "preposition": ["across disciplines", "within a/​the discipline"],
                "phrases": [
                    "different disciplines",
                    "diverse disciplines",
                    "multiple disciplines"
                ]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈdɪsəplɪn/",
                "audio": "di/discipline/discipline__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈdɪsəplɪn/",
                "audio": "di/discipline/discipline__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English (in the sense ‘mortification by punishing oneself’): via Old French from Latin disciplina ‘instruction, knowledge’, from discipulus ‘learner’, from discere ‘learn’."
}