routine

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.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɹuːˈtiːn/

Etymology

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

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

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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