[
US
/ɹuˈtin/
]
NOUN
- an unvarying or habitual method or procedure
- a set sequence of steps, part of larger computer program
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a short performance that is part of a longer program
she had a catchy little routine
it was one of the best numbers he ever did
he did his act three times every evening
ADJECTIVE
-
found in the ordinary course of events
it was a routine day
a placid everyday scene
there's nothing quite like a real...train conductor to add color to a quotidian commute
How To Use routine In A Sentence
- A great deal of the nudge-nudge wink-wink routine by the young upwardly mobile male executives was the usual response to her presence.
- She wound up her dance routine with a wobbly pirouette and took a little bow.
- Sampling of gases and vapors by active sampling on a solid adsorbent or passive sampling by diffusion is routinely done and well documented.
- Faceless, unqualified reviewers define our work, remove our colleagues from panels and routinely breach confidentiality.
- These same people also routinely said they felt comfortable with Bush as a leader with values and dignity.
- Though most men are physically stronger than most women, it is women who are expected routinely to carry heavy loads.
- Politicians, academics and campaigners today routinely frame public issues in emotional terms.
- Defence lawyers routinely accuse victims who failed to make 'vigorous enough' protests, as in fact having consented.
- In fact, areas where the outdoor temperature routinely falls to about 15 degrees are not good candidates for heat pumps.
- Routine maintenance of the garden consists of keeping weeds under control.
