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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024rote1 /roʊt/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable]- a routine;
a fixed, habitual, or mechanical procedure.
Idioms- Idioms by rote, from memory, without thought of the meaning:to learn a language by rote.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024rote1 (rōt),USA pronunciation n. - routine;
a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:the rote of daily living. - by rote, from memory, without thought of the meaning;
in a mechanical way:to learn a language by rote.
- 1275–1325; Middle English; of obscure origin, originally
- Music and Dancecrowd2.
Also, rota, rotta, rotte. - Frankish *hrota (compare Old High German hruozza); akin to crowd2
- Old French
- Middle English 1350–1400
- the sound of waves breaking on the shore.
- Old Norse rauta roar
- perh. 1600–10
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: rote /rəʊt/ n - a habitual or mechanical routine or procedure
- by rote ⇒ by repetition; by heart (often in the phrase learn by rote)
Etymology: 14th Century: origin unknown |