Disciplinary — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

relating to discipline in behavior

relating to a specific field of academic study

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/dˈaʊntaʊnɚ/

🇬🇧British English

/dˈɪsɪplˌɪnəɹi/

🇮🇳Indian English

/dˈɪsɪplˌɪnəɹi/

5 syllables Say it as /dˈaʊntaʊnɚ/.

Examples

disciplinary problems in the classroom
economics in its modern disciplinary sense
the teacher's action was corrective rather than instructional

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

disciplinal corrective

Parts of Speech

adjective	relating to discipline in behavior “disciplinary problems in the classroom”
adjective	relating to a specific field of academic study “economics in its modern disciplinary sense”
adjective	designed to promote discipline “the teacher's action was corrective rather than instructional”

Word Forms

discipline	noun	the trait of being well behaved
correct	verb	punish in order to gain control or enforce obedience

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

disziplinarisch

in Bezug auf Verhaltensdisziplin

🇫🇷French

disciplinaire

relatif à la discipline dans le comportement

🇪🇸Spanish

disciplinario

relacionado con la disciplina en el comportamiento

🇮🇹Italian

disciplinare

relativo alla disciplina del comportamento

🇳🇱Dutch

disciplinair

betrekking tot discipline in gedrag

🇵🇹Portuguese

disciplinar

relativo à disciplina no comportamento

🇷🇺Russian

дисциплинарный

относящийся к дисциплине в поведении

India

🇮🇳Hindi

अनुशासनात्मक

व्यवहार में अनुशासन के संबंध में

🇧🇩Bengali

শৃঙ্খলামূলক

আচরণে শৃঙ্খলা সম্পর্কিত

🇮🇳Tamil

ஒழுக்கம்

நடத்தையில் ஒழுக்கம் தொடர்பானது

🇮🇳Telugu

క్రమశిక్షణ

ప్రవర్తనలో క్రమశిక్షణకు సంబంధించినది

🇮🇳Marathi

शिस्तबद्ध

वर्तनातील शिस्तीशी संबंधित

🇮🇳Gujarati

શિસ્તબદ્ધ

વર્તનમાં શિસ્ત સાથે સંબંધિત

🇮🇳Kannada

ಶಿಸ್ತಿನ

ನಡವಳಿಕೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಶಿಸ್ತಿಗೆ ಸಂಬಂಧಿಸಿದೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

അച്ചടക്കമുള്ള

പെരുമാറ്റത്തിലെ അച്ചടക്കവുമായി ബന്ധപ്പെട്ടത്

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਅਨੁਸ਼ਾਸਨੀ

ਵਿਹਾਰ ਵਿੱਚ ਅਨੁਸ਼ਾਸਨ ਨਾਲ ਸਬੰਧਤ

🇵🇰Urdu

تادیبی

طرز عمل میں نظم و ضبط سے متعلق

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

纪律处分

与行为纪律有关

🇯🇵Japanese

懲戒的な

行動の規律に関するもの

🇰🇷Korean

징계

행동 규율과 관련하여

🇻🇳Vietnamese

kỷ luật

liên quan đến kỷ luật trong hành vi

🇹🇭Thai

วินัย

เกี่ยวข้องกับวินัยในการประพฤติ

🇮🇩Indonesian

disipliner

berkaitan dengan disiplin dalam berperilaku

🇵🇭Filipino

pandisiplina

may kinalaman sa disiplina sa pag-uugali

🇲🇾Malay

tatatertib

berkaitan dengan disiplin dalam tingkah laku

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

تأديبية

المتعلقة بالانضباط في السلوك

🇮🇷Persian

انضباطی

مربوط به نظم و انضباط در رفتار

🇹🇷Turkish

disiplin

davranış disiplini ile ilgili

🇮🇱Hebrew

מִשְׁמַעתִי

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