disciplined

1. 1.

   obeying the rules

   Similarcontrolled
2. 2.

   trained mentally or physically by instruction or exercise

   “the beautiful coordination of his disciplined muscles”

   “a disciplined mind”

   Similartrained

Questions about disciplined

What does disciplined mean?

disciplined means "obeying the rules". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in disciplined?

disciplined has 3 syllables: dis-ci-plined. The stress falls on "dis". In IPA it is /ˈdɪsəplənd/.

Is disciplined a common word?

disciplined is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.