discipline
verbHow many syllables in discipline?
There are 3 syllables in the word discipline.How to pronounce discipline:
Definition of discipline:
- discipline (verb):
- develop (children's) behavior by instruction and practice; especially to teach self-control.
Synonyms for discipline:
check
condition
groom
make grow
mortify
prepare
train
Here are some other common 3-syllable words.
- mutiny
- intently
- quadrupled
- mightily
- inexact
- heartrending
- envisioned
- harangue
- frolicking
- loveable
- disinterred
- elusive
- befriended
- suitably
- contritely
- well-wisher
- malady
- benedict
- dissever
- narcissus
- unlucky
- chamomile
- henceforth
- excursion
- unopened
- assailant
- savable
- grotesquely
- circuitous
- tamable
- captain's mast
- abnegate
- marvellous
- perversely
- eagerly
- blearily
- occasion
- generous
- terribly
- coaxing
- staggering
- improvise
- sand-castle
- proudly
- goofiness
- misstepping
- unending
- splendidly
- quarreling
- overwhelms
- … more
Syllable Fun Fact
English allows for a wide range of consonant clusters in syllable codas, as in 'texts' with four consonant sounds.
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