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English

Etymology

Borrowed from French routine.

Pronunciation

• (US, UK) IPA^(key): /?u??ti?n/

Noun

routine (countable and uncountable, plural routines)

1. A course of action to be followed regularly; a standard procedure.
2. A set of normal procedures, often performed mechanically.

   Synonym: rut
3. A set piece of an entertainer's act.

4. (computing) A set of instructions designed to perform a specific task; a subroutine.

   Synonyms: function, procedure, subroutine

Derived terms

• routiner

Translations

Adjective

routine (comparative more routine, superlative most routine)

1. According to established procedure.
2. Regular; habitual.
3. Ordinary with nothing to distinguish it from all the others.

Derived terms

• routinely

Translations

Anagrams

• in route, in utero, tue-iron

French

Etymology

From French route (“road, route”), and Old French -ine: a suffix for diminutive purpose

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?u.tin/

Noun

routine f (plural routines)

1. routine (all senses)
2. (Louisiana, Cajun French, St.Mary Parish) road

Derived terms

• prendre sa routine à volonté

Descendants

Further reading

• “routine” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• ouïrent

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from French routine.

Noun

routine f (invariable)

1. routine
2. rut

Derived terms

• routinario

Anagrams

• rutenio, uterino

Further reading

• routine in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?l?m?t?d/
• Hyphenation: lim?it?ed

Verb

limited

1. simple past tense and past participle of limit

Adjective

limited (comparative more limited, superlative most limited)

1. With certain (often specified) limits placed upon it.
2. Restricted, small, few, not plentiful.

   There are limited places available. Enrol now or you will miss out.

   I have a limited understanding of quantum physics.

Synonyms

• finite

Antonyms

• endless
• infinite
• unlimited

Derived terms

• feature-limited
• limited-stop
• time-limited

Related terms

• limitedly
• limitedness

See also

• Ltd.

Translations

Noun

limited (plural limiteds)

1. (rail transport) An express train that only halts at a limited number of stops.

References

• limited on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• delimit, melitid