Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Trained or developed by instruction, practice, or exercise: Refers to a person, mind, or body that has been shaped, controlled, or improved through systematic training.
   • Showing a controlled form of behavior or way of working: Characterized by obedience to rules, order, and self-control.

Examples of Usage

• Adjective:
  • The soldiers were highly disciplined and followed every order precisely.
  • She maintained a disciplined approach to her studies, reviewing her notes every evening.
  • A disciplined mind can focus on complex problems for long periods.

Advanced Usage

• "to be disciplined": to possess or exhibit the quality of discipline.
  • To succeed as an athlete, you must be disciplined in your training and diet.
• "to keep a disciplined schedule": to adhere strictly to a planned routine.
  • The writer kept a disciplined schedule, writing for three hours each morning without fail.

Variants and Related Words

• Discipline (n): The practice of training people to obey rules or a code of behavior; a branch of knowledge.
  • Military discipline is very strict.
• Discipline (v): To train someone to obey rules or a code of behavior using punishment to correct disobedience.
  • Parents must discipline their children appropriately.
• Self-disciplined (adj): Able to control one's own feelings and behavior.
  • A self-disciplined individual can resist short-term temptations to meet long-term goals.

Synonyms

• Trained: Having been taught a particular skill or type of behavior through practice and instruction.
• Orderly: Neatly and methodically arranged; adhering to order.
• Controlled: Not showing emotion; having one's feelings under command.

Antonyms

• Undisciplined: Lacking in discipline; uncontrolled in behavior or manner.
• Chaotic: In a state of complete confusion and disorder.

Related Phrases

• Well-disciplined: Having a high degree of discipline.
  • The well-disciplined team executed the project flawlessly.
• Disciplined approach/method: A systematic and controlled way of doing something.
  • The scientist used a disciplined method to ensure accurate results.

Adjective

1. trained mentally or physically by instruction or exercise
   • the beautiful coordination of his disciplined muscles
   • a disciplined mind
2. obeying the rules