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routine en · ADJ

Pronunciation

/ɹuˈtin/ (General-American)
(US) audio
/ɹuːˈtiːn/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French routine. By surface analysis, route + -ine. Further from Latin rupta via. Compare typologically travel << Latin tripālium, whence also travail, note the inverse semantic vector from a subjective state (toil) to an objective action (journey). Also compare Czech běžný (< běžet), Russian обихо́д (obixód), обихо́дный (obixódnyj) (akin to ходи́ть (xodítʹ)).

Meanings

According to established procedure.
- "Morning, inspector," affably remarked the cripple—he had not failed to observe the badge—"rather early for your job, eh? Nothing wrong with our supply up here, I hope, eh?" "Nothing at all, sir," said the inspector. "Just an ordinary routine round. We do them regularly." 1934, Ernest Bramah, The Bravo of London:
Regular; habitual.
- Whether modern, industrial man is less or more warlike than his hunter-gatherer ancestors is impossible to determine.[…]One thing that is true, though, is that murder rates have fallen over the centuries, as policing has spread and the routine carrying of weapons has diminished. Modern society may not have done anything about war. But peace is a lot more peaceful. 2013 July 20, “Old soldiers?”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8845, archived from the original on 24 Aug 2013:
- 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, Tristan Hawkins, Pepper, London: Flamingo, →ISBN, page 108:
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 November 3, David Ornstein, “Macc Tel-Aviv 1-2 Stoke”, in BBC Sport, archived from the original on 11 Jan 2012:
Boringly predictable, monotonous, and unchanging
- I found the work pretty routine.

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
more routine	Degree=Cmp		lexicographic
most routine	Degree=Sup		lexicographic

Deriveds

routinely

Synonyms

general · common · pedestrian · plain · common-or-garden · routine · customary · congruent · orthodox · unremarkable · halal · regular · conventional · natural · common as dirt · habitual · common-and-garden · regular · conventional · par for the course · common as bums · official · regular · natural · common · common as pig tracks · routine · typical · routinary · homodox · par for the course · allowed · typical · workaday · basic · quotidian · plain vanilla · traditional · expected · usual · mundane · plain · unexceptional · bog-standard · consistent · general · usual · wakeaday · quotidian · ten a penny · average · traditional · common as muck · conventional · par · standard issue · bog-standard · basic · everyday · standard · medial · unstrange · everyday · average · by the book · normal · frequent · vulgar · customary · by the book · kosher · improminent · commonplace · ordinary · routine · two a penny · garden variety · dime a dozen · usual · run-of-the-mill · customary · workaday · mundane · nonrare · proper

Translations (59)

es rutinario (regular; habitual) · ru заурядный (ordinary with nothing to distinguish it from all the others) · es de rutina (regular; habitual) · pt rotineiro (according to established procedure) · ja 規則的 (according to established procedure) · he שגרתי (according to established procedure) · fr routinier (regular; habitual) · it routinario (according to established procedure) · it ordinario (ordinary with nothing to distinguish it from all the others) · cmn 常規 /常规 (according to established procedure) · ko 평범한 (ordinary with nothing to distinguish it from all the others) · de gewohnheitsmäßig (ordinary with nothing to distinguish it from all the others) · fi rutiininomainen (according to established procedure) · cmn 千篇一律的 (ordinary with nothing to distinguish it from all the others) · fr procédural (according to established procedure) · es rutinario (according to established procedure) · cmn 平常 (regular; habitual) · ko 일과의 (regular; habitual) · fr quelconque (ordinary with nothing to distinguish it from all the others) · sv rutinmässig (according to established procedure) · ru заведённый (regular; habitual) · tr tekdüze (ordinary with nothing to distinguish it from all the others) · cs běžný (regular; habitual) · de routiniert (ordinary with nothing to distinguish it from all the others) · tr sıradan (ordinary with nothing to distinguish it from all the others) · uk рути́нний (regular; habitual) · de üblich (ordinary with nothing to distinguish it from all the others) · bg установен (according to established procedure) · nn rutinemessig (regular; habitual) · fa روال (according to established procedure) · it di routine (regular; habitual) · ca rutinari (according to established procedure) · ca rutinari (regular; habitual) · it di routine (according to established procedure) · nb rutinemessig (regular; habitual) · cs rutinní (according to established procedure) · cmn 司空見慣的 /司空见惯的 (ordinary with nothing to distinguish it from all the others) · de routinemäßig (according to established procedure) · nn rutinemessig (according to established procedure) · cs všední (regular; habitual) · pt de rotina (regular; habitual) · it normale (regular; habitual) · uk рути́нний (according to established procedure) · nb rutinemessig (according to established procedure) · fi rutiininomainen (ordinary with nothing to distinguish it from all the others) · cmn 日常 (regular; habitual) · ru рути́нный (according to established procedure) · ca rutinari (ordinary with nothing to distinguish it from all the others) · ko 판에 박힌 (according to established procedure) · bg обичаен (ordinary with nothing to distinguish it from all the others) · fi rutiininomainen (regular; habitual) · it abituale (regular; habitual) · cmn 例行 (according to established procedure) · sv rutinmässig (regular; habitual) · de routinemäßig (regular; habitual) · cs všední (ordinary with nothing to distinguish it from all the others) · ko 일상적인 (regular; habitual) · bg рутинен (regular; habitual) · pt rotineiro (regular; habitual)

routine en · NOUN

Pronunciation

/ɹuˈtin/ (General-American)
(US) audio
/ɹuːˈtiːn/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Meanings

(countable, uncountable) A course of action to be followed regularly; a standard procedure.
(countable, uncountable) 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.
- It is never possible to settle down to the ordinary routine of life at sea until the screw begins to revolve. There is an hour or two, after the passengers have embarked, which is disquieting and fussy. 1915, G[eorge] A. Birmingham [pseudonym; James Owen Hannay], chapter I, in Gossamer, New York, N.Y.: George H. Doran Company, →OCLC:
(countable, uncountable) A set piece of an entertainer's act.
- stand-up comedy routine
(countable, qualifier:rhythmic gymnastics, uncountable) A performance, execution of gymnastics for one of the apparatus.
(countable, uncountable) A set of instructions designed to perform a specific task; a subroutine.

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
routines	Number=Plur		lexicographic

Deriveds

routineness · routine response behavior · routinization · co-routine · function-evaluation routine · malfunction routine · nonroutine · routinise · antiroutine · goroutine · routinary · routined · routinal · routiner · preroutine · non-routine · routinism · coroutine · routinize · routine response behaviour · routinish · routinist

Synonyms

subroutine · habit · procedure · ritual · rut · wont · composition · function

Translations (89)

ko 관례 (set of normal procedures, often performed mechanically) · sv rutin (course of action to be followed regularly; a standard procedure) · et rutiin (set of normal procedures, often performed mechanically) · cy trefn (course of action to be followed regularly; a standard procedure) · da rutine (course of action to be followed regularly; a standard procedure) · sv rutin (set of normal procedures, often performed mechanically) · bg но́мер (set piece of an entertainer's act) · bg съчета́ние (gymnastics: performance) · fi rutiini (course of action to be followed regularly; a standard procedure) · ru распоря́док (course of action to be followed regularly; a standard procedure) · uk розпоря́док (course of action to be followed regularly; a standard procedure) · nb rutine (course of action to be followed regularly; a standard procedure) · pt rotina (computing: set of instructions designed to perform a specific task) · sv rutin (computing: set of instructions designed to perform a specific task) · ja ルーティン (computing: set of instructions designed to perform a specific task) · nn rutine (course of action to be followed regularly; a standard procedure) · cmn 慣例 /惯例 (course of action to be followed regularly; a standard procedure) · cy rwtin (course of action to be followed regularly; a standard procedure) · de Routine (course of action to be followed regularly; a standard procedure) · pl układ (course of action to be followed regularly; a standard procedure) · ca rutina (course of action to be followed regularly; a standard procedure) · uk но́мер (set piece of an entertainer's act) · cy trefn (set of normal procedures, often performed mechanically) · fr numéro (set piece of an entertainer's act) · id rutin (set of normal procedures, often performed mechanically) · cs rutina (set of normal procedures, often performed mechanically) · ru распоря́док (set of normal procedures, often performed mechanically) · ru рути́на (set of normal procedures, often performed mechanically) · cmn 常規 /常规 (course of action to be followed regularly; a standard procedure) · ru опера́ция (computing: set of instructions designed to perform a specific task) · it tran tran (course of action to be followed regularly; a standard procedure) · ja ルーティン (course of action to be followed regularly; a standard procedure) · bg рути́на (set of normal procedures, often performed mechanically) · de Routine (set of normal procedures, often performed mechanically) · it routine (course of action to be followed regularly; a standard procedure) · it prassi (set of normal procedures, often performed mechanically) · es rutina (computing: set of instructions designed to perform a specific task) · fi rutiini (set of normal procedures, often performed mechanically) · nb rutine (set of normal procedures, often performed mechanically) · fr routine (course of action to be followed regularly; a standard procedure) · ko 일과 (course of action to be followed regularly; a standard procedure) · mi hātepe (course of action to be followed regularly; a standard procedure) · ru рути́на (course of action to be followed regularly; a standard procedure) · ru рути́на (computing: set of instructions designed to perform a specific task) · bg съчета́ние (rhythmic gymnastics: performance) · uk пра́ктика (course of action to be followed regularly; a standard procedure) · ru поря́док (course of action to be followed regularly; a standard procedure) · ru режи́м (course of action to be followed regularly; a standard procedure) · bg по́дпрограма (computing: set of instructions designed to perform a specific task) · id rutin (computing: set of instructions designed to perform a specific task) · fr routine (set piece of an entertainer's act) · cs běžná praxe (course of action to be followed regularly; a standard procedure) · mi hātepe (set of normal procedures, often performed mechanically) · el διαδικασία (computing: set of instructions designed to perform a specific task) · ko 루틴 (computing: set of instructions designed to perform a specific task) · ru укла́д (course of action to be followed regularly; a standard procedure) · ru пра́ктика (course of action to be followed regularly; a standard procedure) · eo rutino (course of action to be followed regularly; a standard procedure) · uk рути́на (course of action to be followed regularly; a standard procedure) · id rutin (course of action to be followed regularly; a standard procedure) · ru програ́мма (computing: set of instructions designed to perform a specific task) · it routine (set of normal procedures, often performed mechanically) · ro rutină (course of action to be followed regularly; a standard procedure) · de Routine (computing: set of instructions designed to perform a specific task) · gl rutina (course of action to be followed regularly; a standard procedure) · fa-ira روتین (course of action to be followed regularly; a standard procedure) · ar رُوتِين (course of action to be followed regularly; a standard procedure) · is rútína (course of action to be followed regularly; a standard procedure) · it routine (set piece of an entertainer's act) · pt rotina (set of normal procedures, often performed mechanically) · ru но́мер (set piece of an entertainer's act) · he שִׁגְרָה (course of action to be followed regularly; a standard procedure) · ja 日課 (course of action to be followed regularly; a standard procedure) · et rutiin (course of action to be followed regularly; a standard procedure) · fa-ira رَوال (course of action to be followed regularly; a standard procedure) · bg пра́ктика (course of action to be followed regularly; a standard procedure) · uk поря́док (course of action to be followed regularly; a standard procedure) · nn rutine (set of normal procedures, often performed mechanically) · fi rutiini (computing: set of instructions designed to perform a specific task) · hi दिनचर्या (course of action to be followed regularly; a standard procedure) · ko 루틴 (course of action to be followed regularly; a standard procedure) · fr routine (set of normal procedures, often performed mechanically) · fa-ira روزْمَرِّه (course of action to be followed regularly; a standard procedure) · fr routine (computing: set of instructions designed to perform a specific task) · it numero (set piece of an entertainer's act) · es rutina (set of normal procedures, often performed mechanically) · el ρουτίνα (course of action to be followed regularly; a standard procedure) · es rutina (course of action to be followed regularly; a standard procedure) · pt rotina (course of action to be followed regularly; a standard procedure)