routine

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[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

[edit] Noun

Singular
routine

Plural
routines

routine (plural routines)

  1. A course of action to be followed regularly; a standard procedure
  2. A set of normal procedures, often performed mechanically
    Connie was completely robotic and emotionless by age 12; her entire life had become one big routine.
  3. A set piece of an entertainer's act
  4. (computing) A set of instructions designed to perform a specific task; a subroutine

[edit] Translations

course of action to be followed regularly; a standard procedure
set of normal procedures, often performed mechanically
set piece of an entertainer's act
computing: set of instructions designed to perform a specific task

[edit] Adjective

routine (comparative more routine, superlative most routine)

Positive
routine

Comparative
more routine

Superlative
most routine
  1. According to established procedure
  2. regular; habitual
  3. Ordinary with nothing to distinguish it from all the others

[edit] Translations

according to established procedure
regular; habitual
ordinary with nothing to distinguish it from all the others

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[edit] Etymology

From French route: road, route; and Old French -ine: a suffix for diminutive purpose

[edit] Noun

routine f.

  1. routine (all senses)

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French

[edit] Noun

routine f. inv.

  1. routine (all senses)
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