rote[noun]Synonyms: routine, grind, groove, pace, rut, treadmill
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rote /rəʊt $ roʊt/
noun [uncountable][
Date: 1200-1300;
Origin: Perhaps from Latin rota ( ⇒ rotate) or from Old French route (, route1)]
formal when you learn something by repeating it many times, without thinking about it carefully or without understanding it:
In old-fashioned schools, much learning was by rote. the rote learning of facts [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲