routine Definition

routine
noun

1. A regular or unvarying series of actions or way of doing things.

Example: a daily routine
Thesaurus: procedure, programme, system, method, practice, schedule, protocol, sequence, arrangement, formula, recipe, prescription, rule, model.
2. Regular or unvarying procedure.

Thesaurus: usage, wont, custom, tradition, convention.
3. A set series of movements or steps in a dance, or in a skating performance, etc.
4. A comedian's or singer's act.
5. computing.
A program or part of one which performs a specific function.

adj

1. Unvarying.
2. Standard; ordinary.

Example: a routine examination
Thesaurus: ordinary, everyday, regular, familiar, usual, normal, standard, conventional, accepted, accustomed; Antonym: extraordinary, original, exceptional, singular.
3. Done as part of a routine.

Derivative: routinely
adverb

Etymology: 17c: French, from route route, a regular or customary way.