routine

Meaning

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) A course of action to be followed regularly; a standard procedure.
2. (countable, uncountable) A set of normal procedures, often performed mechanically.
3. (countable, uncountable) A set piece of an entertainer's act.
4. (countable, uncountable) A performance, execution of gymnastics for one of the apparatus.
5. (countable, uncountable) A set of instructions designed to perform a specific task; a subroutine.

Adj

1. According to established procedure.
2. Regular; habitual.
3. Ordinary with nothing to distinguish it from all the others.

Synonyms

custom

habit

procedure

everyday

ordinary

usual

customary

habitual

workaday

groove

rut

quotidian

subroutine

mundane

turn

unremarkable

commonplace

easily obtained

order

function

routinely

bit

modus operandi

number

🔢

humdrum

convention

routine work

recurrent

regular

process

act

program

subprogram

duty

drudgery

donkey work

disposition

common

block

day-to-day

daily task

code

customs

🛃

cliché

agenda

menu

manner

customarily

labor

circuit

Translations

routine

Routine

rutina

routine

rotina

sleur

banal

rutinari

routine

ρουτίνα

numéro

🔢

rotineiro

rutina

routinemäßig

di routine

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɹuːˈtiːn/

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French routine. By surface analysis, route + -ine.