Meaning

2 senses
  1. (transitive)To learn or repeat by rote.

  2. (obsolete)To go out by rotation or succession; to rotate.

Examples

9 sentences
  1. This is something that you'll just have to learn by rote.

  2. You'll have to learn all these dates by rote.

    Ви маєте вивчити всі ці дати напам'ять. — deniko

    ruТы должен будешь все эти даты выучить наизусть. — Ooneykcall

    deDu wirst alle diese Daten auswendig lernen müssen. — Dani6187

  3. Rote memorization is useful in some subjects, but not all.

  4. Egyptian schools teach rote learning.

  5. You should use words to make sentences, rather than try to learn them with rote memorisation.

Origin

From Middle English rote (“custom, habit, wont, condition, state”), further origin unknown

From Middle English rote (“custom, habit, wont, condition, state”), further origin unknown. Found in the Middle English phrase bi rote (“by heart, according to form, expertly”), c. 1300. Some have proposed a relationship either with Old French rote/rute (“route”), or Latin rota (“wheel”) (see rotary), but the OED calls both suggestions groundless. Another explanation might be the metaphorical comparison between anything repetitive and playing the rote.

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Forms

rotes, roting, roted, roted
Base formrote · to rote
3rd person singularrotes
Present participleroting
Past simpleroted
Past participleroted

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyrote
he, she, itrotes

Past simpleLesson

all personsroted

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave roted
he, she, ithas roted

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill rote

See also

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