routine

routine
[[t]ruːti͟ːn[/t]]
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routines
1) N-VAR: usu with supp, oft N n, adj N A routine is the usual series of things that you do at a particular time. A routine is also the practice of regularly doing things in a fixed order.

The players had to change their daily routine and lifestyle...

They include the floor exercises as a regular part of their fitness routine...

He checked up on you as a matter of routine.

2) ADJ: usu ADJ n You use routine to describe activities that are done as a normal part of a job or process.

...a series of routine medical tests including X-rays and blood tests...

The operator has to be able to carry out routine maintenance of the machine.

3) ADJ-GRADED (disapproval) A routine situation, action, or event is one which seems completely ordinary, rather than interesting, exciting, or different.

So many days are routine and uninteresting, especially in winter.

...this routine thriller about a CIA man and a KGB operative.

Syn:
humdrum, dull
4) N-VAR (disapproval) You use routine to refer to a way of life that is uninteresting and ordinary, or hardly ever changes.

...the mundane routine of her life...

Family holidays are meant to be a break from routine.

5) N-COUNT: usu n N A routine is a short sequence of jokes, remarks, actions, or movements that forms part of a longer performance.

... like a Marx Brothers routine.

...an athletic dance routine.


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