a customary or regular course of procedure.

commonplace tasks, chores, or duties as must be done regularly or at specified intervals; typical or everyday activity

the routine of an office.

regular, unvarying, habitual, unimaginative, or rote procedure.

an unvarying and constantly repeated formula, as of speech or action; convenient or predictable response

Don't give me that brotherly-love routine!

Computers .

a complete set of coded instructions directing a computer to perform a series of operations.

a series of operations performed by the computer.

an individual act, performance, or part of a performance, as a song or dance, given regularly by an entertainer

a comic routine; a dance routine.

of the nature of, proceeding by, or adhering to routine

routine duties.

dull or uninteresting; commonplace.

adjective

breaking , different , original , untraditional , unusual

noun

break , excitement , unusual

adjective

accepted , accustomed , chronic , conventional , customary , everyday , familiar , general , methodical , normal , ordinary , periodic , plain , quotidian , regular , seasonal , standard , typical , unremarkable , usual , wonted , workaday , habitual , frequent , widespread , average , common , commonplace , cut-and-dried , formulaic , garden , garden-variety , indifferent , mediocre , run-of-the-mill , stock , undistinguished , unexceptional , administrative , course , custom , formal , functional , mechanical , perfunctory , pro forma , round , stultifying

noun

act , beaten path , bit , channels , custom , cycle , daily grind , drill , formula , grind * , groove * , habit , line , method , order , pace , pattern , piece , practice , procedure , program , rat race * , rote , round , rut , schtick , spiel * , system , tack , technique , treadmill , usage , way , wont , track , boring , course , customary , dull , everyday , grind , groove , habitual , mechanical , modus operandi , mundane , ordinary , perfunctory , regimen , regular , repetition , standard , typical , usual