Rote – Learning things by repeating them
(Pronounced rowt (as rowing a boat))
To remember the definition of the word rote, use the following mnemonic:
He wrote (rote) out the same thing 5,000 times and the repetition helped him learn it perfectly.
Examples of rote in a sentence
William, like many other children, picked up his multiplication facts through rote memorisation.
When I was a toddler, I learned a bunch of nursery rhymes by rote.
Having students remember words by sight is one type of rote learning.