n. 1. a. A set of customary or unchanging and often mechanically performed activities or procedures: a routine of housework. See Synonyms at method. b. The practice of such activities or procedures: "Routine had caused stagnation" (Garry Wills). 2. A scripted piece of entertainment, especially in a nightclub or theater: The audience laughed at the comedian's routine. 3. Slang A particular kind of behavior or activity: Must you go into your hurt routine when you don't get your way? 4. Computers A set of programming instructions designed to perform a specific limited task. adj. 1. In accord with established procedure: a routine check of passports. 2. Habitual; regular: made his routine trip to the store. 3. Having no special quality; ordinary: a routine day. rou·tinely adv. rou·tinism n. rou·tinist n. |
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