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routine

routine

263 1.0
Happening as a usual part of daily life
  • adjective
  • /ruːˈtiːn/
translation icon : rutinario
  • It's just routine maintenance.
  • a routine inspection
  • a routine screening
  • routine maintenance

Maybe your life has become so routine and so you you.

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Examples

  • Industrial robots are pre-programmed to repetitively perform routine tasks with precision and reliability.

    Academic text (2011)
  • The summer recess allows facility workers to conduct routine maintenance and to clean the facility.

    Academic text (1999)
  • Well, this is a, uh, a routine operation.

  • I'll just start with a couple of routine things.

  • But there are some fairly routine jobs that I'll need from you first.

    Fiction book (1991)
  • Within mental health, there is a growing movement to include outcome monitoring in routine clinical practice.

    Academic text (2011)
  • The follow-up protocol 50 involved routine contact with each participant between interviews.

    Academic text (2011)
  • I follow a routine of waking up at 6 AM and exercising every morning.

  • Establishing a good study routine helped him improve his grades.

  • After years of practice, she developed a routine that made her performances flawless.

Synonyms

average
vsroutine
1.0

Ordinary and not very good

focuses on being a normal part of daily life rather than statistical measure
usual
vsroutine
1.0

Happening most of the time in a normal way

highlights life patterns rather than general expectation alone
regular
vsroutine
870 1.0

Happening at fixed times on a schedule

is about ordinary occurrence, not necessarily scheduled repetition
typical
vsroutine
843 1.0

Having the usual qualities of a person, thing, or group

means ordinary in daily life rather than representative for a category
common
vsroutine
797 1.0

Happening often or seen in many places

focuses on being a usual part of life rather than sheer frequency
ordinary
vsroutine
683 1.0

Normal and not special or unusual

focuses on being a normal part of daily life rather than general plainness
everyday
vsroutine
276 1.0

Ordinary clothes or things used in daily life, not for special occasions

emphasizes being a usual part of daily life rather than object suitability
day-to-day
vsroutine
127 1.1

Things you do every day as part of normal life

is about being a usual part of life, not only daily repeatability
mundane
vsroutine
80 4.3

Ordinary daily things or events that are not special and often feel boring

means usual daily occurrence without implying boredom
customary
vsroutine
70 3.5

Something done because of tradition or habit

concerns ordinary daily life rather than formal or traditional rules
commonplace
vsroutine
54 3.4

Ordinary and not special or new

is about being a usual part of daily life rather than lacking originality
normal
vsroutine
35 1.0

The usual or expected state

is about ordinary daily life rather than formal standardness
habitual
vsroutine
28 4.0

Happens often in the same way

focuses on ordinary daily occurrence rather than repeated habit specifically
unremarkable
vsroutine
20 3.5

Being ordinary and not interesting

relates to being part of normal life rather than lacking interest only
workaday
vsroutine
3 5.3

Ordinary and not special in everyday life

applies more broadly to usual life, not only work settings
quotidian
vsroutine
3 8.2

Common events or things that happen every day

is the simple practical term for ordinary daily life
common-and-garden
vsroutine
  • UK
4.9

Ordinary and not special

is used for usual daily things rather than generic typicality alone
4.4

Ordinary and not special, like a simple jacket you can buy anywhere

relates to usual daily life rather than just overall typicalness

Antonyms

extraordinary
  • Formal
859 3.8

Very unusual or much greater than usual

129 4.1

Being much better than normal or usual

122 4.6

Not often found or seen and so rare

Compounds

21 1.0

A usual order of things a person does every day

A planned set of exercises you do regularly to get fitter and healthier

A set of light exercises done before hard exercise to prepare the body

A set of personal activities you do to reduce stress and relax

dump routine
  • Specialized
7.9

A program that saves data from memory to a file or disk

executive routine
  • Specialized
8.1

A program that decides which smaller programs run and when

library routine
  • Specialized
4.9

A small part of a program that many programs use for tasks like sorting

A set of actions done regularly without thinking

A daily pattern of plain unexciting activities like work and chores

input routine
  • Specialized
5.3

Part of a computer program that reads data from a keyboard or file and keeps it inside

Different from the usual way of doing things

recursive routine
  • Specialized
7.9

A piece of code that calls itself to solve a problem

reusable routine
  • Specialized
4.4

A small program you load once and use many times without changing it

output routine
  • Specialized
5.8

Part of a program that sends data to a device like a printer or screen

service routine
  • Specialized
5.5

Part of a program that does a small helper task when needed

service routine
  • Specialized
3.9

A regular set of checks and repairs to keep machines working

supervisory routine
  • Specialized
6.7

A program part that controls other small programs in a computer

tracing routine
  • Specialized
6.8

A part of a computer program that records the order of steps when it runs to help find bugs

utility routine
  • Specialized
4.9

A small program that does a common task other programs can use

9.9

A planned dance with hip shaking and dramatic body moves from the song WAP

How Ordinary

banal
21 7.2
mundane
80 4.3
ordinary
683 1.0
routine
263 1.0
typical
843 1.0

Surface Forms

routine positive

Etymology

Routine comes from a French word like route meaning 'road' or 'path'. So if something is 'routine' it is on the usual 'road'—ordinary and not special.