{
    "term": "routine",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "the normal order and way in which you regularly do things",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "to settle/get/fall into a routine"
                },
                {
                    "text": "We are trying to get the baby into a routine for feeding and sleeping."
                },
                {
                    "text": "In school, I quickly fell into the routine."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Make exercise a part of your **daily routine**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "A pressing work project had disrupted his normal sleep routine."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There's never a bad time to begin a new exercise routine."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We clean and repair the machines as a matter of routine."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Don't cut back on your regular fitness routine."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Everyone has their own morning routine."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It took me a week to settle into a routine."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She fell into a routine of taking the baby to the park after lunch."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The children were confused by the change of routine."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Their schedules and routines are seldom monotonous."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Work out a routine for updating the list regularly."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Her aim was to establish some kind of order and routine in the place."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["set", "strict", "dull"],
                "verb + routine": ["establish", "fall into", "get into"],
                "phrases": [
                    "a change from the routine",
                    "a change in routine",
                    "a change of routine"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a situation in which life is boring because things are always done in the same way",
            "labels": "(disapproving)",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She needed a **break from routine**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He tries to escape the dull routine of his office life."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Feelings"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "a series of movements, jokes, etc. that are part of a performance",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "to do/perform a **dance routine**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "We need some new material for our routine."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Film and theatre"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["comedy", "stand-up", "dance"],
                "verb + routine": ["learn", "perform"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "a list of instructions that enable a computer to perform a particular task",
            "labels": "(computing)",
            "examples": []
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ruːˈtiːn/",
                "audio": "ro/routine/routine__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ruːˈtiːn/",
                "audio": "ro/routine/routine__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late 17th cent. (denoting a regular course or procedure): from French, from route ‘road’, from Old French rute ‘road’, from Latin rupta (via) ‘broken (way)’, feminine past participle of rumpere."
}