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rou·tine  (r-tn)
n.
1. A prescribed, detailed course of action to be followed regularly; a standard procedure.
2. A set of customary and often mechanically performed procedures or activities. See Synonyms at method.
3. A set piece of entertainment, especially in a nightclub or theater: The audience laughed at the comedian's routine.
4. Slang A particular kind of behavior or activity: Must you go into your hurt routine when you don't get your way?
5. Computer Science A set of programming instructions designed to perform a specific limited task.
adj.
1. In accord with established procedure: a routine check of passports.
2. Habitual; regular: made his routine trip to the store.
3. Having no special quality; ordinary: a routine day.

[French, from route, route, from Old French; see route.]

rou·tinely adv.
rou·tinism n.
rou·tinist n.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adv.1.routinely - according to routine or established practice; "he routinely parked in a no-parking zone"
Translations
routinely [ruːˈtiːnlɪ] ADV [use, check] → de forma rutinaria, rutinariamente
the drug is routinely used to treat depressionel fármaco es utilizado rutinariamente para el tratamiento de la depresión
she routinely works a 60-hour weektrabajar 60 horas por semana forma parte de su rutina
routinely [ruːˈtiːnli] adv
(= as a matter of course) → systématiquement
(= invariably) → habituellement
routinely
adv use, tortureregelmäßig; testroutinemäßig; describeüblicherweise


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