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routine - definition and meaning
Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A set of customary or unchanging and often mechanically performed activities or procedures: synonym: method.
- noun The practice of such activities or procedures.
- noun A scripted piece of entertainment, especially in a nightclub or theater.
- noun Slang A particular kind of behavior or activity.
- noun Computers A set of programming instructions designed to perform a specific limited task.
- adjective In accord with established procedure.
- adjective Habitual; regular.
- adjective Having no special quality; ordinary.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A customary course of action or round of occupation; a way or method systematically followed; regular recurrence of the same acts or kind of action: as, the routine of official duties; to weary of a monotonous routine.
- noun Fixed habit or method in action; the habitual doing of the same things in the same way; unvarying procedure or conduct.
- Habitually practised or acting in the same way; following or consisting in an unvarying round: as, routine methods or duties; a routine official.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A round of business, amusement, or pleasure, daily or frequently pursued; especially, a course of business or offical duties regularly or frequently returning.
- noun Any regular course of action or procedure rigidly adhered to by the mere force of habit.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
course ofaction to befollowed regularly ; astandard procedure - noun A set of
normal procedures, often performedmechanically - noun A
set piece of anentertainer 'sact - noun computing A set of
instructions designed to perform aspecific task ; asubroutine - adjective According to established procedure.
- adjective
Regular ;habitual . - adjective
Ordinary with nothing todistinguish it from all the others.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a short theatrical performance that is part of a longer program
- adjective found in the ordinary course of events
- noun a set sequence of steps, part of larger computer program
- noun an unvarying or habitual method or procedure
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[French, from route, route, from Old French; see route.]
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
French routine
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Examples
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The word routine can be a bad word in many offices.
Unclutter Your Life in One Week Erin Rooney Doland 2009
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But part of my routine is a daily writing practice in a journal.
Writer’s High – Are You Missing Out? | Write to Done 2009
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(Part of the routine is a morning weigh-in, with the result recorded in my electronic Filofax.)
Archive 2009-09-01 Jean 2009
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The Turkish foreign ministry said the government allowed the Iranian plane to continue to its destination Wednesday after what it described as a routine inspection of its cargo lasting several hours.
Turkey Lets Iranian Cargo Plane Depart After Finding 'Nothing Illegal' 2011
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(Part of the routine is a morning weigh-in, with the result recorded in my electronic Filofax.)
Jean's Knitting Jean 2009
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The Turkish foreign ministry said the government allowed the Iranian plane to continue to its destination Wednesday after what it described as a routine inspection of its cargo lasting several hours.
Turkey Lets Iranian Cargo Plane Depart After Finding 'Nothing Illegal' 2011
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A Cargill spokesman said the Arkansas plant had passed all USDA performance standards despite what he called "routine" findings of salmonella Heidelberg.
Government Knew About Bacteria in Turkey Bill Tomson 2011
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The Turkish foreign ministry said the government allowed the Iranian plane to continue to its destination Wednesday after what it described as a routine inspection of its cargo lasting several hours.
Turkey Lets Iranian Cargo Plane Depart After Finding 'Nothing Illegal' 2011
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But I'm not about to spend ten exchanges arguing over whether or not your routine is annoying.
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Weeks undertook what he calls a routine background check of Fuller by reading newspaper clips.
Andrew Kreig: Siegelman Deserves New Trial Because of Judge's 'Grudge,' Evidence Shows 2009
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Words with the same meaning
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- MO
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- algorithm
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- arranged
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- articulation
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Words with the same terminal sound
- Aileen
- Amin
- Arleen
- Augustin
- Bean
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