Sekirov Dictionary

routine

/ɹuːˈtiːn/

noun 5
adjective 4
forms 3

noun5

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a fixed set of things that someone does regularly and in the same way, often without thinking
- Connie was completely robotic and emotionless by age 12; her entire life had become one big routine.
A course of action to be followed regularly; a standard procedure.
A set piece of an entertainer's act.
A performance, execution of gymnastics for one of the apparatus.
A set of instructions designed to perform a specific task; a subroutine.

adjective4

According to established procedure.
•
Ordinary with nothing to distinguish it from all the others.
- Stoke put themselves in a fine position to qualify for the Europa League knockout stage with a routine victory over Maccabi Tel-Aviv in Israel. — 2011
•
Boringly predictable, monotonous, and unchanging
- I found the work pretty routine.
•
Regular; habitual.
- Pepper's forgiven me in the quiet, hurt way women sometimes forgive. She doesn't cry. She doesn't smile either. She's being routine. — 1993

forms

routines · more routine · most routine

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