rote
1- routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure: the rote of daily living.
- proceeding mechanically and repetitiously; being mechanical and repetitious in nature; routine; habitual: rote performance; rote implementation; His behavior became more rote with every passing year.
- by rote, from memory, without thought of the meaning; in a mechanical way: to learn a language by rote.
Origin of rote
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3- the sound of waves breaking on the shore.
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Contemporary Examples of rote
The stories of discovery are so rote, though, that we forget that they took incredibly hard work.
Using their skill with visual processing, ASDs can learn by rote how to negotiate the neuro-typical world.
So let me just add that true Tiger Cubs aren't satisfied with rote learning.
In the workshop or lab, results are determined by experimentation and creativity, not rote learning.
Historical Examples of rote
Conon stepte to the kynge and presented his rote with a gladde chere.
Shakespeare Jest-Books;Unknown
Slavery taught the Negro to work by rule and rote but not by principle and method.
Our tastes we acquire, with difficulty; our sentiments we learn by rote.
You can teach them to do things by rote, but when an emergency comes they are like putty.
Boy Scouts in the PhilippinesG. Harvey Ralphson
The test has been criticized as too dependent on rote memory.
The Measurement of IntelligenceLewis Madison Terman
rote
1- a habitual or mechanical routine or procedure
- by rote by repetition; by heart (often in the phrase learn by rote)
Word Origin for rote
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2- an ancient violin-like musical instrument; crwth
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Idioms and Phrases with rote
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see by heart (rote).