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disciplinary

adjective

Designed to promote discipline

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Word Facts

Word length
12
Starts with
D
Ends with
Y
Contains
IS
Scrabble score
20
CEFR level
B2

How it sounds

Pronunciation

dɪsɪˈplɪnəɹi

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Meaning

Definitions

adjective

  1. Designed to promote discipline

    “The teacher's action was corrective rather than instructional”

adjective

  1. Relating to a specific field of academic study

    “Economics in its modern disciplinary sense”

adjective

  1. Relating to discipline in behavior

    “Disciplinary problems in the classroom”

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Example Sentences

The teacher's action was corrective rather than instructional
Disciplinal measures
The mother was stern and disciplinary
Economics in its modern disciplinary sense
Disciplinary problems in the classroom

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