ADJ
- effective, firm, good, strong
- We need better discipline in our schools
- harsh, iron, rigid, strict
- strict military discipline
- lax, poor
- Discipline was too lax
- staff, team
- military, naval, party, prison, school, work
VERB + DISCIPLINE
- enforce, exercise, exert, impose
- the discipline that the party exercises over its members
- keep, maintain
- The teacher was unable to maintain discipline
- accept, submit to
- They submitted to the discipline imposed by their leaders
- have
- The school was criticized for having very poor discipline
- lack
- Modern schools lack discipline
- tighten
- The new headmaster tightened discipline in the school
- relax
- restore
PHRASES
- a breach of discipline
- It's unfair to dismiss somebody for a single breach of discipline
- a breakdown of discipline
- a breakdown of discipline in the classroom
- a lack of discipline
ADJ
- good, great, useful, valuable
- It is good discipline to learn to delegate
- strict
- personal
- mental, spiritual
- business, commercial, financial, fiscal, industrial, market, monetary
- The chancellor has stabilized the economy through strict fiscal discipline
VERB + DISCIPLINE
- have
- He'll never get anywhere working for himself?he's got no discipline
- show
- lack
- demand, require, take
- It takes great discipline to learn a musical instrument
ADJ
- core, main, major
- Students are to be tested on the three core disciplines: maths, English and science
- distinct, independent
- When did sociology emerge as a distinct discipline?
- established, traditional
- subject
- academic, intellectual
- They established psychology as an academic discipline
- professional
- humanities, science/scientific
PREP
- across ~s
- There is a lack of communication across disciplines (= between teachers and students of different subjects)
- within a/the ~
- Within a discipline there may be more than one school of thought
PHRASES
- a range of disciplines
- The university offers a wide range of disciplines