Rote learning or learning by rote is learning things by repeating them without thinking about them or trying to understand them. He is very sceptical about the ...
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rote
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Rotelearningorlearningbyroteislearningthingsbyrepeatingthemwithoutthinkingaboutthemortryingtounderstandthem.
Heisveryscepticalaboutthevalueofrotelearning.
Youaremerelyrecitingfactsthatyouhavelearnedbyrote.
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roteinBritishEnglish1
(rəʊt
)
noun1. ahabitualormechanicalroutineorprocedure
2. Seebyrote
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roteinBritishEnglish2
(rəʊt
)
noun
anancientviolin-likemusicalinstrument;crwth
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roteinAmericanEnglish1
(roʊt
)
noun
afixed,mechanicalwayofdoingsomething;routine
Idioms:byrote
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roteinAmericanEnglish2
(roʊt
)
noun
thesoundofthesurfbeatingontheshore
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roteinAmericanEnglish1
(rout)
noun1. routine;afixed,habitual,ormechanicalcourseofprocedure
theroteofdailyliving
2. Seebyrote
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roteinAmericanEnglish2
(rout)
nounMusiccrowd2.Also:rota,rotta,rotte
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roteinAmericanEnglish3
(rout)
nounthesoundofwavesbreakingontheshore
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