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routine

1. rou.tine \ru:-'te-n\ n [F, fr. MF, fr. route traveled way] 1a: a regular 
   course of procedure  1b: habitual or mechanical performance of an 
   established procedure  2: a reiterated speech or formula  3: a sequence of 
   coded instructions for an electronic computer  4: a fixed piece of 
   entertainment often repeated : ACT; specifX : a theatrical number
2. rou.tine \.ru:-'te-n, .ru:-.\ aj 1: COMMONPLACE, UNINSPIRED  2: of, 
   relating to, or in accordance with established procedure  - rou.tine.ly av