We're doing the same old routine: going bar hopping and then to karaoke.
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Routine
//ɹuˈtin//
Synonyms for "routine" (317 found)
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Closest matches (64)
actacceptedaccustomedactualafterpiecealgorithmapproacharrangedarrangementarrayarticulationassignedattackautomaticaveragebanalbankbeatbeatenbeaten path
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Noun(6 words)
Adjective(3 words)
Strong matches (95)
daily grinddeploymentdescentdesignateddisciplinedisposaldispositiondivertimentodivertissementdominantdrilldroneendless beltendless roundepidemicepilogueeverydayexodeexodusexpository scene
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familiarfashionfilefiliationfinaleflywheel effectformformalformationformulafrequentfrequentativegamutgeneralgradationgrindgrooveguisehabithabitualhackhackneyedharmoniousharmonyhoke acthumhumdrumin handindian fileinstitutioninterludeintermediaryintermediateintermezzointermissionintroductionjog trotlayoutlineline of actionlineagelineslineupmannermanner of workingmanymany timesmarshalingmeanmeansmechanicalmedialmedianmediocremediummenialmethodmethodicalmethodologymiddle-of-the-roadmiddlingmomodemode of operationmode of proceduremoderatemodus operandimonotonemonotonous
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Adjective(3 words)
Noun(2 words)
Related words (158)
Adjective(4 words)
naturalnexusnormalnot rarenumberof common occurrenceoft-repeatedoftentimeorderorderedorderlyordinaryorganizationpandemicpartpatternpeacependulumperformanceperfunctory
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periodicitypersistentpieceplainplanplenumpopularpowder trainpracticepredominantpredominatingprevailingprevalentprocedureproceedingprocessprogrammeprogrammedprogressionprologueproportionprosaicqueuequietquietuderampantrangerankready-maderecurrencerecurrentrecurringred tapered-tapeismregnantregularregularityreigningrepetitivereticulationriferiterotationroteroundrowrulerulingrunrun-of-the-millrunningrutscalescenariosceneschedulescheduledsequenceseriessetupshticksingle filesketchskitsong and dancespectrumsquirrel cagestand-up comedy actstandardsteadystepstereotypedstintstockstringstripteasestructurestylesuccessionswathswingsymmetricalsymmetrysystemsystematictacktechniquetedioustediumthe drillthe howthe way ofthick-comingthingthreadtiertiresometonetracktraditionaltraintranquillitytreadmilltriteturnunchanginguneventfuluniformuniformityunimaginativeuninterestingunremarkableunvariedunvaryingusageusualwaywell-orderedwell-regulatedwell-troddenwell-wornwell-worn groovewindrowwisewontwonted
Adjective(2 words)
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1 entriesTranslations
145 translations across 33 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- رُوتِين noun (course of action to be followed regularly; a standard procedure)
Bulgarian
4 entries- обичаен adj (ordinary with nothing to distinguish it from all the others)
- рутинен adj (regular; habitual)
- установен adj (according to established procedure)
- но́мер noun (set piece of an entertainer's act)
Catalan
4 entries- rutinari adj (according to established procedure)
- rutinari adj (regular; habitual)
- rutinari adj (ordinary with nothing to distinguish it from all the others)
- rutina noun (course of action to be followed regularly; a standard procedure)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 例行 adj (according to established procedure)
- 千篇一律的 adj (ordinary with nothing to distinguish it from all the others)
- 司空見慣的 /司空见惯的 adj (ordinary with nothing to distinguish it from all the others)
- 常規 /常规 adj (according to established procedure)
Czech
4 entries- běžný adj (regular; habitual)
- rutinní adj (according to established procedure)
- všední adj (regular; habitual)
- všední adj (ordinary with nothing to distinguish it from all the others)
Danish
1 entries- rutine noun (course of action to be followed regularly; a standard procedure)
Esperanto
1 entries- rutino noun (course of action to be followed regularly; a standard procedure)
Finnish
4 entries- rutiininomainen adj (according to established procedure)
- rutiininomainen adj (regular; habitual)
- rutiininomainen adj (ordinary with nothing to distinguish it from all the others)
- rutiini noun (course of action to be followed regularly; a standard procedure)
French
4 entries- procédural adj (according to established procedure)
- quelconque adj (ordinary with nothing to distinguish it from all the others)
- routinier adj (regular; habitual)
- numéro noun (set piece of an entertainer's act)
Galician
1 entries- rutina noun (course of action to be followed regularly; a standard procedure)
German
4 entries- gewohnheitsmäßig adj (ordinary with nothing to distinguish it from all the others)
- routinemäßig adj (according to established procedure)
- routinemäßig adj (regular; habitual)
- routiniert adj (ordinary with nothing to distinguish it from all the others)
Greek
2 entries- διαδικασία noun (computing: set of instructions designed to perform a specific task)
- ρουτίνα noun (course of action to be followed regularly; a standard procedure)
Hebrew
2 entries- שגרתי adj (according to established procedure)
- שִׁגְרָה noun (course of action to be followed regularly; a standard procedure)
Hindi
1 entries- दिनचर्या noun (course of action to be followed regularly; a standard procedure)
Icelandic
1 entries- rútína noun (course of action to be followed regularly; a standard procedure)
Indonesian
3 entries- rutin noun (course of action to be followed regularly; a standard procedure)
- rutin noun (set of normal procedures, often performed mechanically)
- rutin noun (computing: set of instructions designed to perform a specific task)
Iranian Persian
3 entries- روتین noun (course of action to be followed regularly; a standard procedure)
- روزْمَرِّه noun (course of action to be followed regularly; a standard procedure)
- رَوال noun (course of action to be followed regularly; a standard procedure)
Italian
4 entries- abituale adj (regular; habitual)
- di routine adj (according to established procedure)
- di routine adj (regular; habitual)
- normale adj (regular; habitual)
Japanese
4 entries- 規則的 adj (according to established procedure)
- ルーティン noun (course of action to be followed regularly; a standard procedure)
- ルーティン noun (computing: set of instructions designed to perform a specific task)
- 日課 noun (course of action to be followed regularly; a standard procedure)
Korean
4 entries- 일과의 adj (regular; habitual)
- 일상적인 adj (regular; habitual)
- 판에 박힌 adj (according to established procedure)
- 평범한 adj (ordinary with nothing to distinguish it from all the others)
Māori
2 entries- hātepe noun (course of action to be followed regularly; a standard procedure)
- hātepe noun (set of normal procedures, often performed mechanically)
Norwegian Bokmål
4 entries- rutinemessig adj (according to established procedure)
- rutinemessig adj (regular; habitual)
- rutine noun (course of action to be followed regularly; a standard procedure)
- rutine noun (set of normal procedures, often performed mechanically)
Norwegian Nynorsk
4 entries- rutinemessig adj (according to established procedure)
- rutinemessig adj (regular; habitual)
- rutine noun (course of action to be followed regularly; a standard procedure)
- rutine noun (set of normal procedures, often performed mechanically)
Persian
1 entries- روال adj (according to established procedure)
Polish
1 entries- układ noun (course of action to be followed regularly; a standard procedure)
Portuguese
4 entries- de rotina adj (regular; habitual)
- rotineiro adj (according to established procedure)
- rotineiro adj (regular; habitual)
- rotina noun (course of action to be followed regularly; a standard procedure)
Romanian
1 entries- rutină noun (course of action to be followed regularly; a standard procedure)
Russian
4 entries- заведённый adj (regular; habitual)
- заурядный adj (ordinary with nothing to distinguish it from all the others)
- рути́нный adj (according to established procedure)
- но́мер noun (set piece of an entertainer's act)
Spanish
4 entries- de rutina adj (regular; habitual)
- rutinario adj (according to established procedure)
- rutinario adj (regular; habitual)
- rutina noun (course of action to be followed regularly; a standard procedure)
Swedish
4 entries- rutinmässig adj (according to established procedure)
- rutinmässig adj (regular; habitual)
- rutin noun (course of action to be followed regularly; a standard procedure)
- rutin noun (set of normal procedures, often performed mechanically)
Turkish
2 entries- sıradan adj (ordinary with nothing to distinguish it from all the others)
- tekdüze adj (ordinary with nothing to distinguish it from all the others)
Ukrainian
4 entries- рути́нний adj (according to established procedure)
- рути́нний adj (regular; habitual)
- но́мер noun (set piece of an entertainer's act)
- поря́док noun (course of action to be followed regularly; a standard procedure)
Welsh
2 entries- trefn noun (course of action to be followed regularly; a standard procedure)
- trefn noun (set of normal procedures, often performed mechanically)
Sample sentences
16 total sentences available.
Scientific research is not a mechanical routine, but a continuing struggle on the part of the scientist.
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My wife is getting tired of the daily routine.
Source: tatoeba (244156)
Much of our daily living must consist of routine that requires little or no mental effort.
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