disciplinary — dis‧ci‧pli‧na‧ry [ˈdɪsplɪnəri, ˌdɪsˈplɪ ǁ ˈdɪsplneri] adjective HUMAN RESOURCES concerned with how people in an organization or group should behave, and how they should be punished if they do not obey the rules: • If a member of staff is… … Financial and business terms
Disciplinary — is a term used to describe types of knowledge, expertise, skills, people, projects, communities, problems, challenges, studies, inquiry, approaches, and research areas that are strongly associated with academic areas of study (academic… … Wikipedia
Disciplinary — Dis ci*plin*a*ry, a. [LL. disciplinarius flogging: cf. F. disciplinaire.] Pertaining to discipline; intended for discipline; corrective; belonging to a course of training. [1913 Webster] Those canons . . . were only disciplinary. Bp. Ferne. [1913 … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
disciplinary — (adj.) 1590s, from M.L. disciplinarius, from L. disciplina (see DISCIPLINE (Cf. discipline)) … Etymology dictionary
disciplinary — is pronounced with stress on the first or third syllable, depending partly on its position in a sentence … Modern English usage
disciplinary — [dis′ə pli ner΄ē; ] Brit [ dis′i plin΄ə ri] adj. 1. of or having to do with discipline 2. that enforces discipline by punishing or correcting … English World dictionary
disciplinary — adjective Date: 1598 1. a. of or relating to discipline < disciplinary problems > b. designed to correct or punish breaches of discipline < took disciplinary action > 2. of or relating to a particular field of study < disci … New Collegiate Dictionary
disciplinary — [[t]dɪ̱sɪplɪnəri, AM neri[/t]] ADJ: ADJ n Disciplinary bodies or actions are concerned with making sure that people obey rules or regulations and that they are punished if they do not. He will now face a disciplinary hearing for having an affair … English dictionary
disciplinary — adjective connected with the punishment of someone who has not obeyed rules, or with trying to make people obey rules: disciplinary action/measures (=things you do to punish someone): The investigation led to disciplinary action against several… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
disciplinary — adjective a) Having to do with discipline, or with the imposition of discipline. Debt can motivate or act as a disciplinary force for executives to achieve organizational efficiency. b) For the purpose of imposing punishment. The school has… … Wiktionary
