1 ADV [usu ADV with v, oft ADV adj] If something is routinely done, it is done as a normal part of a job or process. □ Vitamin K is routinely given in the first week of life to prevent bleeding.
2 ADV [ADV with v] If something happens routinely , it happens repeatedly and is not surprising, unnatural, or new. □ Any outside criticism is routinely dismissed as interference.
rove /roʊ v/ (roves , roving , roved )
1 VERB If someone roves about an area or roves an area, they wander around it. [LITERARY ] □ [V prep/adv] …roving about the town in the dead of night and seeing something peculiar. □ [V n] She became a photographer, roving the world with her camera in her hand.
2 → see also roving
rov|ing /roʊ v I ŋ/ ADJ [ADJ n] You use roving to describe a person who travels around, rather than staying in a fixed place. □ …a roving reporter.
row
➊ ARRANGEMENT OR SEQUENCE
➋ MAKING A BOAT MOVE
➌ DISAGREEMENT OR NOISE
➊ row ◆◇◇ /roʊ / (rows )
1 N‑COUNT A row of things or people is a number of them arranged in a line. □ [+ of ] …a row of pretty little cottages. □ Several men are pushing school desks and chairs into neat rows.
2 N‑COUNT [n N ] Row is sometimes used in the names of streets. □ …the house at 236 Larch Row.
3 → see also death row , skid row
4 PHRASE If something happens several times in a row , it happens that number of times without a break. If something happens several days in a row , it happens on each of those days. □ They have won five championships in a row.
➋ row /roʊ / (rows , rowing , rowed )
1 VERB When you row , you sit in a boat and make it move through the water by using oars. If you row someone somewhere, you take them there in a boat, using oars. □ [V prep] He rowed as quickly as he could to the shore. □ [V n] We could all row a boat and swim almost before we could walk. □ [V n adv/prep] The boatman refused to row him back. ● N‑COUNT Row is also a noun. □ I took Daniel for a row.
2 → see also rowing
▸ row back PHRASAL VERB If you row back on something you have said or written, you express a different or contrary opinion about it. □ [V P + from ] The administration has been steadily rowing back from its early opposition to his attendance in London. □ [V P + on ] The government was forced to row back on an austerity plan that would have involved wage cuts.
➌ row ◆◇◇ /raʊ / (rows , rowing , rowed )
1 N‑COUNT [oft adj N ] A row is a serious disagreement between people or organizations. [BRIT , INFORMAL ] □ This is likely to provoke a further row about the bank's role in the affair.
2 VERB If two people row or if one person rows with another, they have a noisy argument. [BRIT , INFORMAL ] □ [V ] They rowed all the time. □ [V + with ] He had earlier rowed with his girlfriend.
3 N‑SING If you say that someone is making a row , you mean that they are making a loud, unpleasant noise. [BRIT , INFORMAL ] □ 'Whatever is that row?' she demanded. 'Pop festival,' he answered.
ro|wan /roʊ ən, raʊ ən/ (rowans ) N‑VAR A rowan or a rowan tree is a tree with a silvery trunk that has red berries in autumn. ● N‑UNCOUNT Rowan is the wood of this tree.
row|boat /roʊ boʊt/ (rowboats ) N‑COUNT A rowboat is a small boat that you move through the water by using oars. [AM ] in BRIT, use rowing boat
row|dy /raʊ di/ (rowdier , rowdiest ) ADJ When people are rowdy , they are noisy, rough, and likely to cause trouble. □ He has complained to the police about rowdy neighbours. ● row|di|ness N‑UNCOUNT □ …adolescent behaviour like vandalism and rowdiness.
row|er /roʊ ə r / (rowers ) N‑COUNT A rower is a person who rows a boat, especially as a sport. □ …the first rower ever to win golds at four consecutive rowing championships.
row house /roʊ haʊs/ (row houses ) also rowhouse N‑COUNT A row house is one of a row of similar houses that are joined together by both of their side walls. [AM ] in BRIT, use terraced house
row|ing /roʊ I ŋ/ N‑UNCOUNT Rowing is a sport in which people or teams race against each other in boats with oars. □ …competitions in rowing, swimming and water skiing.
ro w|ing boat (rowing boats ) also rowing-boat N‑COUNT A rowing boat is a small boat that you move through the water by using oars. [BRIT ] in AM, use rowboat
ro w|ing ma|chine (rowing machines ) N‑COUNT A rowing machine is an exercise machine with moving parts which you move as if you were rowing a rowing boat.
row|lock /rɒ lək, roʊ lɒk/ (rowlocks ) N‑COUNT [usu pl] The rowlocks on a rowing boat are the U-shaped pieces of metal that keep the oars in position while you move them backwards and forwards. [BRIT ] in AM, use oarlock
roy|al ◆◆◇ /rɔ I əl/ (royals )
1 ADJ [usu ADJ n] Royal is used to indicate that something is connected with a king, queen, or emperor, or their family. A royal person is a king, queen, or emperor, or a member of their family. □ …an invitation to a royal garden party.
2 ADJ [ADJ n] Royal is used in the names of institutions or organizations that are officially appointed or supported by a member of a royal family. □ …the Royal Academy of Music.