routine

routine
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noun
1 normal order/way of doing things
ADJECTIVE
▪ set
▪ strict
▪ dull, humdrum (esp. BrE), monotonous
▪ familiar, normal, old, regular, same, usual
▪

a break in my usual routine

▪ daily, day-to-day, morning
▪ domestic, school, work
VERB + ROUTINE
▪ establish, fall into, get into, settle into
▪

It took me a week to settle into a routine.

▪ follow, go through
▪

We go through the same old routine every morning.

▪ begin, start
▪ break, change, vary
▪ have
▪

Everyone has their own morning routine.

▪ know
▪

I'm sure you know the routine by now.

PHRASES
▪ a change from the routine, a change in routine, a change of routine
▪

The children were confused by the change of routine.

▪ a matter of routine
▪

Bags of all visitors to the museum are searched as a matter of routine.

2 series of movements, jokes, etc.
ADJECTIVE
▪ comedy, stand-up
▪ dance
▪ exercise, fitness, training, workout
VERB + ROUTINE
▪ learn
▪ perform
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adj.
Routine is used with these nouns: ↑administration, ↑care, ↑check, ↑check-up, ↑chore, ↑collection, ↑duty, ↑enquiry, ↑exam, ↑examination, ↑flight, ↑inspection, ↑job, ↑maintenance, ↑management, ↑matter, ↑mission, ↑monitoring, ↑nature, ↑operation, ↑patrol, ↑physical, ↑practice, ↑procedure, ↑scan, ↑search, ↑surveillance, ↑task, ↑test, ↑use, ↑vaccination, ↑visit, ↑work, ↑X-ray

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  • Routine — may refer to: * Routine, as a course of normative, standardized actions or procedures that are followed regularly, oftentimes repetitiously; * Choreographed routine, an orchestrated dance involving several performers; * Comedy routine, a comedic… …   Wikipedia

  • routine — Routine. s. f. Usage acquis par une longue habitude, sans le secours de l estude & des regles. Il n a jamais estudié à fond, mais il a acquis je ne sçay quelle routine de discourir, de parler. il fait cela par routine. il ne sçait point de… …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • Routine — Sf std. (18. Jh.) Entlehnung. Entlehnt aus frz. routine, einer Ableitung von Route. Gemeint ist die Geschicklichkeit, die durch wiederkehrende Übung erworben wird, so wie der mehrfach begangene Weg geläufig wird. Adjektiv: routiniert.    Ebenso… …   Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen sprache

  • routine — ► NOUN 1) a sequence of actions regularly followed; a fixed unvarying programme. 2) a set sequence in a theatrical or comic performance. ► ADJECTIVE 1) performed as part of a regular procedure: a routine inspection. 2) characteristic of routine;… …   English terms dictionary

  • routine — [ro͞o tēn′] n. [Fr < route: see ROUTE] 1. a regular, more or less unvarying procedure, customary, prescribed, or habitual, as of business or daily life 2. such procedure in general [to dislike routine] 3. a theatrical skit or act ☆ 4. a series …   English World dictionary

  • routine — (n.) 1670s, from Fr. routine usual course of action, beaten path from route way, path, course (see ROUTE (Cf. route)) + subst. suffix ine. Theatrical sense is from 1926. The adjective is attested from 1817, from the noun …   Etymology dictionary

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  • Routine — (fr., spr. Rutin), 1) Geschäftsfertigkeit, Geläufigkeit, Erfahrenheit; 2) eine mehr aus häufiger Übung in einer Kunst, als durch Studium ihrer Theorie u. Regeln erlangte Fertigkeit darin. Daher Routinier (spr. Rutinich), einer welcher viel R.… …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Routine — (franz., spr. ru ), auf Übung beruhende Gewandtheit und Fertigkeit; in der Theatersprache neuerdings mit dem Beigeschmack einer glänzenden, aber erstarrten Manier gebraucht. An Bord der Kriegsschiffe die Zeiteinteilung für den Dienst (daher Hafen …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

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