Rote
rote 1 (r t) n. 1. A memorizing process using routine or repetition, often without full attention or comprehension: learn by rote. rote 1 [ roht ] noun 1. routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure: the rote of daily living. adjective 2. 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. Idioms 3. by rote, from memory, without thought of the meaning; in a mechanical way: to learn a language by rote. Origin: 1275–1325; Middle English; of obscure origin. Rote learning is a memorization technique based on repetition. The idea is that one will be able to quickly recall the meaning of the material the more one repeats it. Some of th...