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rote

rote

6 5.5
Learning something by repeating it many times without understanding it
  • noun
  • /roʊt/
translation icon : memorización
  • Many children find it easier to remember facts through rote learning rather than through understanding the concepts.
  • teach by rote
  • learned by rote
  • rote learning

But I, I, I, I was living my dream doing this very like by rote sort of material.

Examples

  • He learned the song by rote, repeating it several times until he could sing it without looking at the lyrics.

  • The traditional approach to teaching music incorporates a lot of rote singing and building a sound repertoire.

    Academic text (1997)
  • The instrument can be taught by rote, so any person can find a level of success.

    Academic text (1995)
  • The ability to read quickly or to carry out rote mechanical skills is often confused with the ability to think and reason.

  • Learn and perform related songs or patterns by rote or by ear before playing from notation.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Contrary to popular thought, teaching by rote can lead to a principal curricular goal: the development of aural skills.

    Academic text (1991)
  • New information that conflicts with existing conceptions may be learned and reproduced by rote accurately in test situations.

    Academic text (1996)
  • And I hope that people are always challenging themselves because it seems like, you know, not to criticize LinkedIn, but the content of it can be really rote and boring.

  • "The Sunburnt Country," a poem by Dorothea MacKellar, was learned by rote by Australian elementary school pupils in the 1950s.

    Academic text (1990)
  • Teachers often rely on rote memorization to help students learn multiplication tables.

Synonyms

repetition
vsrote
44 2.0

Doing or saying something again

uses repeated practice specifically to memorize without understanding
memorization
vsrote
8 3.6

Learning something so you can remember it exactly

emphasizes repetition and often lacks any real understanding
regurgitation
vsrote
1 8.2

Saying or writing facts exactly as learned without understanding them

is the method of repeated practice aimed at memorizing without deep understanding
rote learning
vsrote
1 4.4

Remembering facts by repeating them without really understanding

is the shorter single word form for the same meaning
4.2

Learning something so you remember it exactly

focuses on using repeated practice as the method not just the result

Antonyms

871 1.1

The ability to know what something means

493 4.9

A deep clear understanding of how something really is

Compounds

Remembering facts by repeating them without really understanding

How Understood

insight
493 4.9
understanding
871 1.1
learning
508 1.0
rote
6 5.5

Surface Forms

rote singular
rotes plural

Etymology

The word rote comes from an old word like rota that meant a 'wheel' or a fixed 'course', giving the image of going round and round. So to learn by rote is to repeat something again and again, often without fully understanding it.