routine

  1. Noun.  A course of action to be followed regularly; a standard procedure.
  2. Noun.  A set of normal procedures, often performed mechanically.
  3. Noun.  A set piece of an entertainer's act.
  4. Noun.  (computing) A set of instructions designed to perform a specific task; a subroutine.
  5. Adjective.  According to established procedure.
  6. Adjective.  Regular; habitual.
  7. Adjective.  Ordinary with nothing to distinguish it from all the others.

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