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# routine

noun (a routine, routines); adjective (routine — ordinary, regular)

«routine» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. The usual order in which you do things every day, like a morning routine: wake up, wash, dress, eat breakfast. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/routine/#m1)
2. A set of movements practised and performed, like a dance or gymnastics routine. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/routine/#m2)
3. As an adjective, routine means ordinary, regular and normal: a routine check-up. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/routine/#m3)

### In the lessons

In everyday life, a good bedtime routine (bath, brush teeth, story, lights out at the same time) helps you sleep well; a morning routine helps you get to school on time. In health, routine check-ups at the doctor or dentist find problems early. In PE, gymnasts and dancers learn routines. In computing, a routine is a set of instructions. In English, writing about a daily routine uses the present simple and time words (first, then, after that). Phrases: "daily routine", "bedtime routine", "morning routine", "dance routine", "routine check-up", "stick to a routine".

### Examples

- My morning routine starts with brushing my teeth. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/routine/#x1)
- A bedtime routine helps me fall asleep. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/routine/#x2)
- We practised our dance routine for the show. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/routine/#x3)
- The dentist did a routine check-up. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/routine/#x4)
- Feeding the cat is part of my daily routine. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/routine/#x5)
- The gymnast's routine was perfect. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/routine/#x6)
- Holidays break our usual routine. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/routine/#x7)
- The fire drill is a routine practice; there is no real fire. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/routine/#x8)

### Note

Pronounced roo-TEEN, stress on the end. Countable: a routine, routines. Adjective use: "routine checks" means normal, regular checks, not special ones. In time problems, a routine can repeat every day: 20 minutes a day for 7 days = 140 minutes a week.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «routine» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/routine/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«routine» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/routine.html) on Mova free.