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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By repetition or practice and without much thought.
The former may be seen as a more rote form of learning, contrasting with the latter which appears to include "executive" aspects 2000, Ami Klin with Fred R. Volkmar and Sara S. Sparrow, Asperger syndrome, page 316:
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es memorista (Translations) · de auswendig gelernt (Translations) · es memorístico (Translations)
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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(uncountable) Mechanical routine; a fixed, habitual, repetitive, or mechanical course of procedure.
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.
hu magolás (process of committing to memory) · nl herhaling (process of committing to memory) · pl powtarzanie (process of committing to memory) · ru зау́чивание наизу́сть (process of committing to memory) · de Routine (mechanical routine) · ru зау́чивание (process of committing to memory) · cs biflování (process of committing to memory) · fa طوطیواری (process of committing to memory) · ca rutina (mechanical routine) · cs memorování (process of committing to memory) · bg наизустяване (process of committing to memory) · ca aprendre de cor (process of committing to memory) · es memorización (process of committing to memory) · he שִׁנּוּן (process of committing to memory) · es memorismo (process of committing to memory) · es de memorieta (process of committing to memory) · eo parkerigado (process of committing to memory) · cmn 死記硬背 /死记硬背 (process of committing to memory) · hu biflázás (process of committing to memory) · cs rutina (mechanical routine) · pl repetycja (process of committing to memory) · es de memoria (process of committing to memory) · nl sleur (mechanical routine) · hi रट्टा (process of committing to memory) · fi ulkoa (by rote) (process of committing to memory) · fr apprentissage par cœur (process of committing to memory) · cmn 機械學習 /机械学习 (process of committing to memory) · ja 暗記学習 (process of committing to memory) · pt memorização (process of committing to memory) · cmn 死讀書 /死读书 (process of committing to memory) · sv rutin (mechanical routine) · te వల్లించు (process of committing to memory) · sv memorera (process of committing to memory) · pl zapamiętywanie (process of committing to memory) · hu bemagolás (process of committing to memory) · de Auswendiglernen (process of committing to memory) · es rutina (mechanical routine) · de Gewohnheit (mechanical routine) · ru зубрёжка (process of committing to memory) · sv slentrianmässig (mechanical routine) · tr ezber (process of committing to memory) · sv slentrian (mechanical routine) · fi rutiini (mechanical routine)
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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(obsolete) To go out by rotation or succession; to rotate.
The Model of it was, That a third Part of the Senate or Parliament, ſhould rote out by Ballot every Year; […]. 1744, Zachary Grey, ann., Hudibras, in Three Parts, Written in the Time of the Late Wars: Corrected and Amended. With Large Annotations, and a Preface, by Zachary Grey, LL.D., vol. 2. Dublin: […] Robert Owen […] and William Brien […]. page 92
(transitive) To learn or repeat by rote.
[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
From Old Norse rót n (“tossing, pitching (of sea)”), perhaps related to rauta (“to roar”); see hrjóta. Compare Middle English routen (“to roar, bellow, storm, rage, howl”).
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(rare, uncountable) The roar of the surf; the sound of waves breaking on the shore.
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sv dån (roar of the surf) · fi (aaltojen) pauhu (roar of the surf) · sv brus (roar of the surf) · cs hřmění příboje (roar of the surf) · nl breken (roar of the surf) · bg шум на прибоя (roar of the surf)
From Middle English rote, from Old French rote, probably of German origin; compare Middle High German rotte, and English crowd (“a kind of violin”).
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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.
extracting mistuned dirges from their harps, crowds, and rotes 1819 December 20 (indicated as 1820), Walter Scott, Ivanhoe; a Romance. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co. […], →OCLC: