routine

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
routine/ruːˈtiːn/
noun
  • 1 a sequence of actions regularly followed; a fixed unvarying programme.
  • 2 a set sequence in a theatrical or comic performance.
adjective
  • 1 performed as part of a regular procedure: a routine inspection.
  • 2 characteristic of routine; without variety.
– derivatives
routinely adverb,
routinization (or routinisation) noun,
routinize (or routinise) verb.
– origin C17: from Fr., from route (see route).
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