n.
- a sequence of actions regularly followed; a fixed unvarying programme.
- a set sequence in a theatrical or comic performance.
adj.
- performed as part of a regular procedure:
a routine inspection.
- characteristic of routine; without variety.
Derivative
- routinely adv.
- routinization
or routinisation n. - routinize
or routinise v.
Etymology
C17: from Fr., from route (see route).