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routine

rou·tine

UK/ɹuːˈtiːn/ US/ɹuˈtin/ common

noun

2.

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”

adjective

1.

occurring at fixed times or predictable intervals

  • “made her routine trip to the store”
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2.

found in the ordinary course of events

  • “a placid everyday scene”
  • “it was a routine day”
  • “there”

Origin

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)).

Phrases

  • function-evaluation routine
  • malfunction routine
  • routine response behavior
  • routine response behaviour

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