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routine (adjective)
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routine (s), routines (pl) (nouns)
Etymology: French, from Middle French route, "road, way, path".
—Dr. Ernest Klein,
A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the English Language,
Elsevier Publishing Company, New York, 1966.
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routine, routines; routined; routining (verbs)
A regular or unvarying procedure: "The children took advantage of the fact that the substitute teacher was not familiar with the class routines and so they were late in doing their assignments."
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regular routine
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