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rote

UK
/rəʊt/
US
/roʊt/

Translations

rotenoun
rotes
pl
mémorisationApprentissage par répétition, souvent sans compréhension approfondie.
The students learned the multiplication tables by rote.
Les élèves ont appris les tables de multiplication par mémorisation.
rabâchageRépétition mécanique, sans réflexion.
He recited the poem by rote, without understanding its meaning.
Il récitait le poème par rabâchage, sans en comprendre le sens.
Additional translations
roteTerme historique : instrument de musique médiéval à cordes.
Synonyms
memorization
routine
repetition
drilling
mechanical repetition
roteadjective
UK
/rəʊt/
US
/roʊt/
Used only attributively; not normally gradable.
mécaniqueSe dit d’un acte accompli sans réflexion.
His rote memorization of the speech left him unable to answer questions about its content.
Sa mémorisation mécanique du discours l’a empêché de répondre aux questions sur son contenu.
Synonyms
learned-by-heart
memorized
formulaic
perfunctory
repetitive
routine
unthinking
habitual
automatic
mechanical

Definitions

rotenoun
The habitual repetition of something to be learned.
The students learned the multiplication tables by rote.
Mechanical or unthinking routine or repetition.
He recited the poem by rote, without understanding its meaning.
(archaic) A medieval stringed musical instrument, roughly resembling a lyre or viol.
The minstrel accompanied his ballad with soft chords on the rote.
roteadjective
Performed mechanically or without thought; habitual.
His rote memorization of the speech left him unable to answer questions about its content.
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