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to routinize

to routinize

1 6.4
To make something happen regularly so it becomes a habit
  • verb
  • /ˈruːtɪnaɪz/
  • US
translation icon : rutinar
  • The fresh, original charisma becomes routinized in a more urbane form of leadership.
  • highly routinized
  • become routinized
  • routinized procedures

Examples

  • They aimed to routinize their morning exercises to improve their overall fitness.

  • In contrast to the notion of individualized interaction with each client, a profession may employ routinized procedures for at least some aspects of its work.

    Academic text (2011)

  • In the end, this has actually helped improve and routinize regional cooperation between Kenya and Ethiopia.

    Blog text (14)

  • Equally important is for governments to routinize their contact and consultations with their own national and local NGOs.

    Academic text (1995)

  • But in most cases, after three months of hard basic training, life in the garrison becomes routinized and boring.

    Academic text (1993)

  • Highly routinized tasks that are practiced repeatedly are less likely to be influenced by audience effects.

    Academic text (1999)

  • Tacit understandings, shared within communities, do allow for routinized judgment.

    Academic text (2016)

  • The company decided to routinize its onboarding process to ensure all new employees receive the same training.

  • In order to save time, she tried to routinize her weekly grocery shopping trip.

Synonyms

to mechanize
vsto routinize
4 6.1

Make an activity automatic and routine so it becomes boring

focuses on habitual regularity rather than mechanical monotony
to habituate
vsto routinize
2 6.7

To get used to something new so it no longer seems strange

creates fixed regular patterns and automatic habits rather than mere familiarity
to lock into a routine
vsto routinize
4.2

Do the same things at the same time every day

is about making things habitual and automatic rather than stressing firmness

How Routine

to automate
52 4.0
to routinize
  • US
1 6.4
to repeat
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

routinize infinitive
routinized past
routinized past participle
routinizing present participle
routinizes third person singular

Morphology

routinize = routine (transparent) = routine + ize

Formed by the noun 'routine' + the productive verb-forming suffix '-ize' meaning 'make or become', so the meaning is directly derived.

Etymology

Routinize comes from routine, which means 'a usual way of doing things', and the ending -ize which means 'to make'. So, to routinize something is to 'make' it into a regular, automatic habit.