routine

CEFRB1

/ɹuːˈtiːn/

noun · adjective

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A usual way of doing things or a regular series of actions.

  2. 02

    adjective

    Ordinary and repeated, rather than special or unusual.

Examples

  • My wife is getting tired of the daily routine.

  • We're doing the same old routine: going bar hopping and then to karaoke.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • /ˌruˈʈin/
  • /rɵˈʈin/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A set of normal procedures, often performed mechanically.

  2. A set piece of an entertainer's act.

  3. A course of action to be followed regularly; a standard procedure.

More examples

In context

  • Connie was completely robotic and emotionless by age 12; her entire life had become one big routine.

  • stand-up comedy routine

  • It is never possible to settle down to the ordinary routine of life at sea until the screw begins to revolve. There is an hour or two, after the passengers have embarked, which is disquieting and fussy.

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

Unadapted borrowing from French routine. By surface analysis, route + -ine. Further from Latin rupta via. Compare typologically travel << Latin tripālium, whence also travail, note the inverse semantic vector from a subjective state (toil) to an objective action (journey). Also compare Czech běžný (< běžet), Russian обихо́д (obixód), обихо́дный (obixódnyj) (akin to ходи́ть (xodítʹ)).