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# disciplinary

adjective (disciplinary)

«disciplinary» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Disciplinary means to do with punishing people who break rules, at school, work or in sport. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disciplinary/#m1)
2. (formal) To do with a subject of study, as in «interdisciplinary». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disciplinary/#m2)

### In the lessons

In school life: «disciplinary action» means a punishment such as detention or exclusion. In sport, a player may face a «disciplinary hearing». Phrases: «disciplinary action», «disciplinary hearing», «disciplinary record».

### Examples

- Fighting in class led to disciplinary action. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disciplinary/#x1)
- The player faced a disciplinary hearing after the match. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disciplinary/#x2)
- The school has a clear disciplinary policy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disciplinary/#x3)
- He has a clean disciplinary record. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disciplinary/#x4)
- The worker was given a disciplinary warning for being late. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disciplinary/#x5)
- Our project was interdisciplinary: maths, art and science together. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disciplinary/#x6)

### Note

Related: «discipline» (rules and control, or a subject; also verb: to punish). Stress: DIS-ci-plin-ary or dis-ci-PLIN-ary. A formal word used by schools and employers.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «disciplinary» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disciplinary/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«disciplinary» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/disciplinary.html) on Mova free.