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Definitions for Rote
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Princeton's WordNet

  1. rote, rote learningnoun

    memorization by repetition

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

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  1. rote

    Rote refers to a method of learning or memorizing through mechanical repetition, often without understanding or critical thinking. This usually involves repetition of information such as formulas, facts or phrases, typically without comprehensive understanding or context.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Rotenoun

    a root

  2. Rotenoun

    a kind of guitar, the notes of which were produced by a small wheel or wheel-like arrangement; an instrument similar to the hurdy-gurdy

  3. Rotenoun

    the noise produced by the surf of the sea dashing upon the shore. See Rut

  4. Rotenoun

    a frequent repetition of forms of speech without attention to the meaning; mere repetition; as, to learn rules by rote

  5. Roteverb

    to learn or repeat by rote

  6. Roteverb

    to go out by rotation or succession; to rotate

  7. Etymology: [OF. rote, F. route, road, path. See Route, and cf. Rut a furrow, Routine.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Rote

    rōt, n. the mechanical repetition of words without knowledge of the meaning: a row or rank.—v.t. (Shak.) to learn by rote. [O. Fr. rote, a track—Low L. rupta, a road—rumpĕre, to break.]

  2. Rote

    rōt, n. a musical instrument with strings.—n. Rō′tour. [O. Fr. rote, a fiddle (cf. Old High Ger. hrotā), from Celt.; W. crwth, Gael. cruit.]

  3. Rote

    rōt, n. the sound of the surf.

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Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. ROTE

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Rote is ranked #19210 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Rote surname appeared 1,413 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Rote.

    94.3% or 1,333 total occurrences were White.
    1.7% or 25 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    1.4% or 20 total occurrences were Asian.
    0.9% or 14 total occurrences were of two or more races.
    0.7% or 11 total occurrences were Black.
    0.7% or 10 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Rote in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Rote in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of Rote in a Sentence

  1. Michel Hockx:

    People who are aware of what education systems are like in other parts of the world are becoming increasingly impatient with the Chinese education system, it has an enormous emphasis on rote learning, classes can spend ludicrous amounts of time repeating the same things again and again, it often doesn't value creativity.

  2. William Cowper:

    Words learned by rote a parrot may rehearse; but talking is not always to converse, not more distinct from harmony divine, the constant creaking of a country sign.

  3. Martin Tupper:

    Memory is not wisdom; idiots can by rote repeat volumes. Yet what is wisdom without memory?

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