rote — English Dictionary

Noun

1. Mechanical routine; a fixed, habitual, repetitive, or mechanical course of procedure.

   Usage

   • Uncountable

   Synonyms

   roteness

   Related words

   drill and killmemoritermuscle memory

   Examples

   The pastoral scenes from those commercials don’t bear too much resemblance to the rote of daily life on a farm.

   He could perform by rote any of his roles in Shakespeare.

Adjective

1. By repetition or practice and without much thought.

   Examples

   The former may be seen as a more rote form of learning, contrasting with the latter which appears to include "executive" aspects

Verb

1. To go out by rotation or succession; to rotate.

   Usage

   • Obsolete

   Examples

   The Model of it was, That a third Part of the Senate or Parliament, ſhould rote out by Ballot every Year; […].

2. To learn or repeat by rote.

   Usage

   • Transitive

   Examples

   More examples (1)

   [Volumnia to Corolianus] "Because that it lies you on to speak/ to th' people, not by your own instruction,/ Nor by th' matter which your heart prompts you,/ But with such words that are but roted in/ your tongue,..." Coriolanus III.ii.52-55

Noun

1. The roar of the surf; the sound of waves breaking on the shore.

   Usage

   • Rare
   • Uncountable

Noun

1. A kind of guitar, the notes of which were produced by a small wheel or wheel-like arrangement; an instrument similar to the hurdy-gurdy.

   Examples

   extracting mistuned dirges from their harps, crowds, and rotes

2. Synonym of crowd.

Noun

1. memorization by repetition

   Synonyms

   rote learning

   Broader terms

   memorizationmemorisationcommittal to memory