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routine
[ roo-teen ]
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.
Synonyms: , ,
routine
/ ːˈپː /
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 output routine
an input routine
- a set sequence of dance steps
- informal.a hackneyed or insincere speech
adjective
- of, relating to, or characteristic of routine
Derived Forms
- dzˈپԱ, adverb
Other Word Forms
- dz·پԱ· adverb
- dz·پԱ·Ա noun
- ԴDz·dz·پԱ adjective noun
- ܲ·dz·پԱ adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of routine1
Example Sentences
She wasn’t so much superstitious as obedient, devoted to making the ineffable routine and mysticism accessible even to the uninitiated.
The Louisiana-born child and her family members were apprehended during a routine appointment at a New Orleans immigration office on 22 April, according to court documents.
Spanish media reported that some hospitals had implemented emergency plans, including halting routine work, news agencies reported.
Trump looked set for a routine victory when he led 12-6 but missed a red into the middle pocket and Murphy capitalised by reeling off four frames in a row.
“People who don’t have a primary care provider — which is a lot, because there are not enough — end up in the ER when they need routine care,” said David Alonso, a local internal medicine doctor.
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