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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.

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

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rou·tinely adv.

rou·tinism n.

rou·tinist n.

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routinism

the excessive adherence to a routine. — routinist, n.

See also: Behavior