Disciplined

adj, verb

adj, verb ·3 syllables ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of discipline form-of, participle, past
Adjective
  1. 1
    Possessing mental discipline.
  2. 2
    Under control.
  3. 3
    Relating to a specified kind or number of disciplines. in-compounds

    "The authors believe the saleman^([sic]) of the 1970s will be a man practicing "consultative selling," a three-disciplined role, in which he acts as a business planner, profit improver, and negotiator for his customers."

Adjective
  1. 1
    obeying the rules wordnet
  2. 2
    trained mentally or physically by instruction or exercise wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
acceptingarmed with patienceasceticboundboundedbroken

Example

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"The university disciplined Mark Zuckerberg for hacking its database."

Related phrases

self-disciplinedunder control

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