groove
62
5.6
- noun
- /ɡruːv/
- Informal
:
rutina
- Get your groove back.
- find a groove
Some people want to stay in that groove their entire life.
- Some people want to stay in that groove their entire life.
- So I thought I would start, you know, getting back into the groove here by showing you guys.
- I think the groove is the most important for me.
- It's now I'm finally like getting into the groove.
- And he just kept going at it until you eventually get the groove.
- It's possible for them to not produce resontamont, not to slide into that groove.
- So she has her work to do, which she's just got into the groove of.
- I'm still establishing a healthy routine and getting back into my groove.
- You need to, you need to find a groove and a group and interact, make interactive videos.
- All of those times, I would argue is the brain's way of following these grooves, right?
- And that's a huge difference from triathlon or cycling where you're kind of in a certain groove and you kind of hold it for a long time.
- You've settled into your groove, you got your Doritos and Mountain Dew akimbo.
Examples
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And we're finding more of a groove now of just like really enjoying it and not cutting as much stuff.
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So I hope that you're all now back into this particular groove now.
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Some people want to stay in that groove their entire life.
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So I thought I would start, you know, getting back into the groove here by showing you guys.
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Some people just get into a groove in which they write all the time.
Academic text (1998) -
The weather was perfect, the car was running great, and he was in the groove.
Fiction book (2000) -
Then came the day when I lost the groove and screwed up my schedule.
Academic text (1999) -
Think you'll ever get the groove back?
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In darkness, I sit in my sofa chair, feeling the worn-out grooves on the armrests.
Fiction book (1991) -
Many people find it hard to break out of their daily groove and try new things.
Synonyms
630
1.0
A regular action you do often without thinking
354
1.0
A regular way of doing things
43
5.5
A fixed routine that is hard to change
4
4.2
A boring, tiring routine of everyday work and chores
A regular way that a person behaves often without thinking
A daily pattern of plain unexciting activities like work and chores
Antonyms
Idioms
Compounds
- Specialized
1
4.9
A way of joining wooden boards by fitting an edge into a matching slot to make a flat strong surface
- Specialized
A groove on the inner side of a rib that holds nerves and blood vessels
How Fixed
- Informal
43
5.5
- Informal
62
5.6
630
1.0
354
1.0
148
1.3
153
3.6
Surface Forms
Etymology
Groove for a habit comes from the image of a worn track or channel that is hard to leave, like a wheel that follows the same path again and again. So falling into a groove means getting into a fixed, repeated routine.