routine
A course of action to be followed regularly; a standard procedure.
Other meanings
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.”
A set piece of an entertainer's act.
“stand-up comedy routine”
Related words
- antiroutine
- coroutine
- goroutine
- nonroutine
- preroutine
- routinal
- routined
- routineness
- routinise
- routinish
- routinism
- routinist
Example sentences
Word history
From Latin "rupta via".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “routine” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.