- present tense form of discipline (3rd person singular).
- plural of discipline.
disciplines
Example Sentences
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Sociology is in many ways the mother of all social sciences, she who hath birthed dozens of disciplines ranging from criminology to postcolonial studies to ethnic studies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 25, 2026
The difficulty, then, is not to choose between supposedly solid disciplines and supposedly fragile ones.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 7, 2026
"Expenditure is governed by the same standards and disciplines as any publicly funded body, with strict value-for-money requirements, detailed planning, multi-year strategies, independent audit, and Treasury oversight," he said.
From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026
Worldwide, the number of equine clones born a year pales in comparison to traditionally-bred horses, but those clones—and their offspring—are starting to emerge in the top echelons of different equestrian disciplines.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 6, 2026
It is striking, for instance, how many different professions and disciplines have a word to describe the particular gift of reading deeply into the narrowest slivers of experience.
From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell
