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routine

2 entries found.


Main Entry:
1rou·tine 
          Listen to the pronunciation of 1routine
Pronunciation:
\rü-ˈtēn\
Function:
noun
Etymology:
French, from Middle French, from route traveled way
Date:
1676
1 a: a regular course of procedure <if resort to legal action becomes a campus routine — J. A. Perkins> b: habitual or mechanical performance of an established procedure <the routine of factory work>2: a reiterated speech or formula <the old After you routine — Ray Russell>3: a worked-out part (as of an entertainment or sports contest) that may be often repeated <a dance routine> <a gymnastic routine> ; especially : a theatrical number4: a sequence of computer instructions for performing a particular task


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