routine

[ roo-teen ]

/ ruˈtin /

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noun

a customary or regular course of procedure.

commonplace tasks, chores, or duties as must be done regularly or at specified intervals; typical or everyday activity: the routine of an office.

regular, unvarying, habitual, unimaginative, or rote procedure.

an unvarying and constantly repeated formula, as of speech or action; convenient or predictable response: Don't give me that brotherly-love routine!

Computers.

a complete set of coded instructions directing a computer to perform a series of operations.
a series of operations performed by the computer.

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

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

dull or uninteresting; commonplace.

Origin of routine

1670–80; < French, derivative of route route

SYNONYMS FOR routine

8 habitual, ordinary, typical.

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OTHER WORDS FROM routine

rou·tine·ly, adverb rou·tine·ness, noun non·rou·tine, adjective, noun un·rou·tine, adjective

un·rou·tine·ly, adverb

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH routine

regular routine

Words nearby routine

routeman, routemarch, router, router patch, routh, routine, routineer, routing, routinism, routinize, roux

Example sentences from the Web for routine

For now, Sabrine continues her daily routine of visits to the protest camp, to political leaders and taking care of the twins.

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Royal Christmases have a rhythm and routine—but this year Will, Kate, and baby George have their own, more relaxed plans.

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“This [investigation] is part of routine procedure following the death of any firefighter,” he told The Daily Beast.

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I'm pleased with my decision to avoid the routine script problems in favor of the spicy stuff.

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In 2006, the firm presided over a routine steam-injection procedure known as “well stimulation.”

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Unless they rise above their routine, they early become "old fogies."

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I always wanted some element of play in my work; buckling down to any sort of routine always galled me, and does yet.

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Grand dames there departed from the routine of their daily lives and assumed the lowlier occupations of others.

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It is merely a routine operation such as you gave me authority to perform.

Astounding Stories, August, 1931 |Various
Narsisi and one of his brothers lazed along out of earshot, bored by the routine of the guard duty.

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British Dictionary definitions for routine

routine

/ (ruːˈtiːn) /

noun

a usual or regular method of procedure, esp one that is unvarying

computing a program or part of a program performing a specific function an input routine; an output routine

a set sequence of dance steps

informal a hackneyed or insincere speech

adjective

of, relating to, or characteristic of routine

Derived forms of routine

routinely, adverb

Word Origin for routine

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

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routine

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adjective

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