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Webster 1913 Edition

Routine

Rou-tine′

,
Noun.
[F., fr.
route
a path, way, road. See
Route
,
Rote
repetition.]
1.
A round of business, amusement, or pleasure, daily or frequently pursued; especially, a course of business or offical duties regularly or frequently returning.
2.
Any regular course of action or procedure rigidly adhered to by the mere force of habit.

Webster 1828 Edition

Routine

ROUTINE

,
Noun.
rootee'n. [L. rota, a wheel.]
1.
A round of business, amusements or pleasure, daily or frequently pursued; particularly, a course of business or official duties, regularly or frequently returning.
2.
Any regular habit or practice not accommodated to circumstances.

Definition 2024

Routine

Routine

See also: routine

German

Noun

Routine f ‎(genitive Routine, plural Routinen)

  1. (standard course of action or computing) routine

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routine

routine

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English

Noun

routine ‎(plural routines)

  1. A course of action to be followed regularly; a standard procedure.
  2. 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.‎
    • 1915, George A. Birmingham, “chapter I”, in Gossamer (Project Gutenberg; EBook #24394), London: Methuen & Co., published 8 January 2013 (Project Gutenberg version), OCLC 558189256:
      It is never possible to settle down to the ordinary routine of life at sea until the **** begins to revolve. There is an hour or two, after the passengers have embarked, which is disquieting and fussy.
  3. A set piece of an entertainer's act.
  4. (computing) A set of instructions designed to perform a specific task; a subroutine.

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Adjective

routine ‎(comparative more routine, superlative most routine)

  1. According to established procedure.
  2. Regular; habitual.
    • 2013 July 20, “Old soldiers?”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8845:
      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.
  3. Ordinary with nothing to distinguish it from all the others.
    • 2011 November 3, David Ornstein, “Macc Tel-Aviv 1-2 Stoke”, in BBC Sport:
      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.

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French

Etymology

From French route ‎(“road, route”), and Old French -ine: a suffix for diminutive purpose

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʁu.tin/

Noun

routine f ‎(plural routines)

  1. routine (all senses)

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Italian

Etymology

Borrowing from French routine.

Noun

routine f ‎(invariable)

  1. routine (all senses)

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Etymology

From French routine

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