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rote

/rəʊt/

/roʊt/

Translations

rotenoun

rotes

Rote learning is often criticized for not encouraging critical thinking.

Зубрёжка часто критикуется за то, что не способствует развитию критического мышления.

Additional translations

автоматическое повторение

механическое запоминание

Synonyms

mechanical repetition

roteadjective

/rəʊt/

/roʊt/

Used only attributively; not normally gradable.

He gave a rote response to the question.

Он дал механический ответ на вопрос.

Synonyms

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.