rote
noun/rəʊt/
/rəʊt/
[uncountable] often used as an adjective- the process of learning something by repeating it until you remember it rather than by understanding the meaning of it
- by rote to learn by rote
- You cannot fully understand a subject through rote learning.
- The teaching methods were based on rote memorization.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryRote is used before these nouns:- learning
- repetition
Word OriginMiddle English (also in the sense ‘habit, custom’): of unknown origin.
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