routine

US: /ɹuˈtin/


English Vietnamese dictionary


routine /ru:'ti:n/
  • danh từ
    • lề thói hằng ngày; công việc thường làm hằng ngày
    • thủ tục; lệ thường
      • these questions are asked as a matter of routine: người ra đặt những câu hỏi này theo thủ tục
    • (sân khấu) tiết mục nhảy múa; tiết mục khôi hài

Advanced English dictionary


noun, adjective
+ noun
1 [C, U] the normal order and way in which you regularly do things: We are trying to get the baby into a routine for feeding and sleeping. + Make exercise a part of your daily routine. + We clean and repair the machines as a matter of routine.
2 [U] (disapproving) a situation in which life is boring because things are always done in the same way: She needed a break from routine.
3 [C] a series of movements, jokes, etc. that are part of a performance: a dance routine + We need some new material for our routine.
4 [C] (computing) a list of instructions that enable a computer to perform a particular task
+ adjective [usually before noun]
1 done or happening as a normal part of a particular job, situation or process: routine enquiries / questions / tests + The fault was discovered during a routine check.
2 not unusual or different in any way: He died of a heart attack during a routine operation.
3 (disapproving) ordinary and boring
Synonym: DULL
a routine job / task / life + This type of work rapidly becomes routine.
routinely adverb: Visitors are routinely checked as they enter the building. + This information is now routinely available to anyone with access to a computer. + The prisoners were routinely (= repeatedly) subjected to torture.

Thesaurus dictionary


n.
1 custom, habit, procedure, practice, method, schedule, plan, programme, formula, pattern, way, usage, wont, Colloq chiefly Brit drill:
Chalmers has always been a stickler for routine. What's the routine here when you want to order a new chair?
2 act, piece, bit, performance, number, part, Colloq thing, shtick:
The fat lady doesn't sing till after Joe Miller finishes his routine.
adj.
3 customary, habitual, usual, rote, accustomed, familiar, conventional, regular, ordinary, everyday; programmed, assigned, designated, scheduled:
Her routine responsibilities include proofreading.
4 boring, tedious, tiresome, unimaginative, uninteresting; hackneyed, trite, stereotypic(al), clichéd, run-of-the-mill, ordinary; unvaried, unvarying, unchanging, monotonous, uneventful, rote, automatic, mechanical, perfunctory:
He has a routine job on the assembly line.

Collocation dictionary


ADJ.

fixed, set | inflexible, rigid, strict | dull, humdrum, monotonous | familiar, normal, old, regular, usual | daily, day-to-day | domestic, exercise, school, work

VERB + ROUTINE

establish, get into, settle into
It took me a week to settle into a routine.
| follow, go through
We go through the same old routine every morning.
| break, change, vary

PHRASES

a change from the/in/of routine
The children were confused by the change of routine.
| a matter of routine
Bags of all visitors to the museum are searched as a matter of routine.


Concise English dictionary


routinesruː'tɪːn
noun
+an unvarying or habitual method or procedure
+a short theatrical performance that is part of a longer program
+a set sequence of steps, part of larger computer program
adj.
+occurring at fixed times or predictable intervals
+found in the ordinary course of events