Friday, June 20, 2014

DISCIPLINE

WORD: DISCIPLINE

MEANING:
1. Training expected to produce a specific character or pattern of behavior, especially training that produces moral or mental improvement.
2. Controlled behavior resulting from disciplinary training; self-control.
3.
a. Control obtained by enforcing compliance or order.
b. A systematic method to obtain obedience: a military discipline.
c. A state of order based on submission to rules and authority: a teacher who demanded discipline in the classroom.
4. Punishment intended to correct or train.
5. A set of rules or methods, as those regulating the practice of a church or monastic order.
6. A branch of knowledge or teaching.

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. in what discipline is his doctorate?
2. Parents must discipline their children.

PRONOUNCE:
dis·ci·pline -  डिसप्लन / डिसप्लिन

LINK: DISCIPLINE

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