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routine

[ roo-teen ]

noun

  1. a customary or regular course of procedure.
  2. commonplace tasks, chores, or duties as must be done regularly or at specified intervals; typical or everyday activity:

    the routine of an office.

  3. regular, unvarying, habitual, unimaginative, or rote procedure.
  4. an unvarying and constantly repeated formula, as of speech or action; convenient or predictable response:

    Don't give me that brotherly-love routine!

  5. Computers.
    1. a complete set of coded instructions directing a computer to perform a series of operations.
    2. a series of operations performed by the computer.
  6. an individual act, performance, or part of a performance, as a song or dance, given regularly by an entertainer:

    a comic routine; a dance routine.



adjective

  1. of the nature of, proceeding by, or adhering to routine:

    routine duties.

  2. dull or uninteresting; commonplace.

    Synonyms: , ,

routine

/ ːˈپː /

noun

  1. a usual or regular method of procedure, esp one that is unvarying
  2. computing a program or part of a program performing a specific function

    an output routine

    an input routine

  3. a set sequence of dance steps
  4. informal.
    a hackneyed or insincere speech
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adjective

  1. of, relating to, or characteristic of routine
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of routine1

First recorded in 1670–80; from French, derivative of route route
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of routine1

C17: from Old French, from route a customary way, route
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Example Sentences

Despite that, he went through two days of routine pregame work this week, while missing all three games against the Atlanta Braves.

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Guiraudie makes that fantasy a reality in “Misericordia,” making queerness into something so routine it’s almost dull — but without denying that coming home is inherently chaotic.

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First, she underrotated a back layout 1.5 into a front tuck on her final floor routine pass, almost falling to the floor in Maryland and securing a large score deduction.

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Garcia, an athlete, would devote himself to cheer routines and stunts in high school — he was later awarded a cheerleading scholarship to the University of Nebraska, where he studied exercise science.

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Experts say putting down your phone before bed, doing something relaxing and establishing a routine may help improve sleep.

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