'Routine' definitions:
Definition of 'routine'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Found in the ordinary course of events; "a placid everyday scene"; "it was a routine day"; "there's nothing quite like a real...train conductor to add color to a quotidian commute"- Anita Diamant [syn: everyday, mundane, quotidian, routine, unremarkable, workaday]
noun
An unvarying or habitual method or procedure [syn: routine, modus operandi]
noun
A short theatrical performance that is part of a longer program; "he did his act three times every evening"; "she had a catchy little routine"; "it was one of the best numbers he ever did" [syn: act, routine, number, turn, bit]
noun
A set sequence of steps, part of larger computer program [syn: routine, subroutine, subprogram, procedure, function]
Definition of 'Routine'
From: GCIDE
- Routine \Rou*tine"\, n. [F., fr. route a path, way, road. See Route, Roterepetition.]
- 1. A round of business, amusement, or pleasure, daily or frequently pursued; especially, a course of business or offical duties regularly or frequently returning. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Any regular course of action or procedure rigidly adhered to by the mere force of habit. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'routine'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accustomed,
- act,
- afterpiece,
- algorithm,
- approach,
- arranged,
- arrangement,
- array,
- articulation,
- assigned,
- attack,
- automatic,
- average,
- banal,
- bank,
- beat,
- beaten,
- beaten path,
- besetting,
- bit,
- boring,
- bureaucracy,
- bureaucratism,
- businesslike,
- buzz,
- catena,
- catenation,
- central,
- chain,
- chain reaction,
- chaining,
- chaser,
- chinoiserie,
- cliched,
- common,
- concatenation,
- concord,
- connection,
- consecution,
- constant,
- continuum,
- conventional,
- course,
- current,
- curtain,
- curtain call,
- curtain raiser,
- custom,
- customary,
- cycle,
- daily grind,
- deployment,
- descent,
- designated,
- disposal,
- disposition,
- divertimento,
- divertissement,
- dominant,
- drill,
- drone,
- endless belt,
- endless round,
- epidemic,
- epilogue,
- everyday,
- exode,
- exodus,
- expository scene,
- familiar,
- fashion,
- file,
- filiation,
- finale,
- form,
- formal,
- formation,
- formula,
- frequent,
- frequentative,
- gamut,
- gradation,
- grind,
- groove,
- guise,
- habit,
- habitual,
- hackneyed,
- harmonious,
- harmony,
- hoke act,
- hum,
- in hand,
- Indian file,
- interlude,
- intermediary,
- intermediate,
- intermezzo,
- intermission,
- introduction,
- jog trot,
- layout,
- line,
- line of action,
- lineage,
- lines,
- lineup,
- manner,
- manner of working,
- many,
- many times,
- marshaling,
- mean,
- means,
- mechanical,
- medial,
- median,
- mediocre,
- medium,
- method,
- methodical,
- methodology,
- middle-of-the-road,
- middling,
- MO,
- mode,
- mode of operation,
- mode of procedure,
- moderate,
- modus operandi,
- monotone,
- monotonous,
- nexus,
- normal,
- not rare,
- number,
- of common occurrence,
- oft-repeated,
- oftentime,
- order,
- ordered,
- orderly,
- ordinary,
- organization,
- pandemic,
- part,
- pattern,
- peace,
- pendulum,
- performance,
- perfunctory,
- periodicity,
- persistent,
- piece,
- plain,
- plan,
- plenum,
- popular,
- powder train,
- practice,
- predominant,
- predominating,
- prevailing,
- prevalent,
- procedure,
- proceeding,
- process,
- programmed,
- progression,
- prologue,
- proportion,
- queue,
- quiet,
- quietude,
- rampant,
- range,
- rank,
- recurrence,
- recurrent,
- recurring,
- red tape,
- red-tapeism,
- regnant,
- regular,
- regularity,
- reigning,
- repetitive,
- reticulation,
- rife,
- rotation,
- rote,
- round,
- row,
- ruling,
- run,
- run-of-the-mill,
- running,
- rut,
- scale,
- scene,
- schedule,
- scheduled,
- sequence,
- series,
- setup,
- shtick,
- single file,
- sketch,
- skit,
- song and dance,
- spectrum,
- squirrel cage,
- stand-up comedy act,
- standard,
- steady,
- stereotyped,
- string,
- striptease,
- structure,
- style,
- succession,
- swath,
- symmetrical,
- symmetry,
- system,
- systematic,
- tack,
- technique,
- tedious,
- the drill,
- the how,
- the way of,
- thick-coming,
- thing,
- thread,
- tier,
- tiresome,
- tone,
- track,
- train,
- tranquillity,
- treadmill,
- trite,
- turn,
- unchanging,
- uneventful,
- uniform,
- uniformity,
- unimaginative,
- uninteresting,
- unvaried,
- unvarying,
- usage,
- usual,
- way,
- well-ordered,
- well-regulated,
- well-trodden,
- well-worn,
- well-worn groove,
- windrow,
- wise,
- wont,
- wonted