Routine | Mean of routine in English Dictionary
/ruˈtiːn/
- Noun
- a regular way of doing things in a particular order
- Grandma gets upset if we change her routine.
- A brisk walk is part of her morning routine.
- The job will be easier once you settle into a routine.
- You must go through the whole routine [=all the steps] of disarming the alarm.
- an exercise routine [=a set of exercises always done in the same order]
- We keep a copy of all correspondence as a matter of routine. [=as a standard procedure]
- a boring state or situation in which things are always done the same way
- The meeting was a welcome break from routine. [=the meeting was different from what we normally do]
- the boring routine of paperwork
- a series of things (such as movements or jokes) that are repeated as part of a performance
- a comedy/dance/gymnastics routine
- something that is said or done the same way very often
- Every time I ask him to do something, I get the old “I'm too busy” routine. [=he says “I'm too busy”]
- a set of instructions that will perform a particular job on a computer
- the installation routine
- done very often
- The surgery has become a very routine operation and poses little danger.
- He criticized her routine absence from important meetings.
- done or happening as a normal part of a job, situation, or process
- a routine luggage search
- a routine annual physical
- routine [=ordinary] business practices
- easily done according to a set way or method
- The more you do it, the more routine it becomes.
- They hire high-school students for routine work such as filing.
- boring because of always being done in the same way
- Data entry becomes routine very quickly.