routine

(rū-tēn')
n.

1. A prescribed, detailed course of action to be followed regularly; a standard procedure.
2. A set of customary and often mechanically performed procedures or activities. See synonyms at method.
3. A set piece of entertainment, especially in a nightclub or theater: The audience laughed at the comedian's routine.
4. Slang. A particular kind of behavior or activity: Must you go into your hurt routine when you don't get your way?
5. Computer Science. A set of programming instructions designed to perform a specific limited task.

adj.

1. In accord with established procedure: a routine check of passports.
2. Habitual; regular: made his routine trip to the store.
3. Having no special quality; ordinary: a routine day.

[French, from route, route, from Old French. See route.]

routinely rou·tine'ly adv.
routinism rou·tin'ism n.
routinist rou·tin'ist n.

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A set of instructions that perform a task. Same as subroutine, module, procedure and function.

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noun

1. A course of action to be followed regularly: round (often used in plural), track. See usual/unusual.
2. A habitual, laborious, often tiresome course of action: rut¹, treadmill. Informal grind. Slang groove. See usual/unusual.
3. A particular kind of activity: Informal bit¹. See action/inaction.

adjective

1. Familiar through repetition: accustomed, chronic, habitual. See usual/unusual.
2. Occurring quite often: common, everyday, familiar, frequent, regular, widespread. See usual/unusual.
3. Being of no special quality or type: average, common, commonplace, cut-and-dried, formulaic, garden, garden-variety, indifferent, mediocre, ordinary, plain, run-of-the-mill, standard, stock, undistinguished, unexceptional, unremarkable. See good/bad, usual/unusual.

adj

Definition: habitual
Antonyms: breaking, different, original, untraditional, unusual

n

Definition: habitual activity
Antonyms: break, excitement, unusual

IN BRIEF: A regular way of doing something, fixed by habit. Also: A series of steps for a dance.

Most of life is routine - dull and grubby, but routine is the momentum that keeps a man going. If you wait for inspiration you'll be standing on the corner after the parade is a mile down the street. — Jerry Greenwald

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n

1. a fixed pattern of procedures used in any phase of treatment. n 2. a set of instructions arranged in proper sequence to direct the computer to perform a desired operation or series of operations.

For a list of words related to routine, see:

• Stagecraft, Production, and Dramatic Structure - routine: theatrical skit; dance combination; comedian’s material

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - rutine, praksis, forretningsgang, vane
adj. - rutinemæssig, rutinepræget, rutine-, vanemæssig
v. tr. - gøre rutinemæssig

Nederlands (Dutch)
routine, routinematig, computerprogramma, regel

Français (French)
n. - routine, (Mus, Théât) numéro, numéro (péj), (Comput) sous-programme, (Sport) enchaînement
adj. - routinier, de routine, habituel, courant
v. tr. - établir une routine, réduire à la routine

Deutsch (German)
n. - Routine
adj. - routinemäßig
v. - routinegemäß organisieren

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - καθημερινότητα, ρουτίνα
adj. - κανονικός, τακτικός, κοινότοπος, τυπικός, της ρουτίνας, ρουτινιέρικος, μηχανικός

Italiano (Italian)
routine, di routine

Português (Portuguese)
n. - rotina (f)
adj. - rotineiro, regular, habitual

Русский (Russian)
заведенный порядок, номер, подпрограмма, будничный, повседневный

Español (Spanish)
n. - rutina, programa de ordenador
adj. - rutinario
v. tr. - rutinizar, implementar una rutina

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - rutin, praxis, schema, nummer på repertoaren
adj. - rutinmässig, vanlig, slentrianmässig

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
例行公事, 日常事务, 常规, 例行的, 一般的, 平凡的, 做例行公事

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 例行公事, 日常事務, 常規
adj. - 例行的, 一般的, 平凡的
v. tr. - 做例行公事

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 정해진 일, 관례, 틀에 박힌 몸짓
adj. - 일상의, 정기적인, 기계적인
v. tr. - 정해진 일을 하다, 일상의 일을 하다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 決まりきった仕事, おきまりの手順, きまり文句, おきまりの演技, ルーチン, 手順
adj. - 日常の, 決まりきった

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) الروتين طريق محددة تجري على نمط واحد في عمل الأشياء (صفه) روتيني, مبتذل‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮שגרה, רוטינה, רגיל, שגרתי, קטע בימתי‬
adj. - ‮שגרה, רוטינה, רגיל, שגרתי, קטע בימתי‬
v. tr. - ‮שגרה, רוטינה, רגיל, שגרתי, קטע בימתי‬

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