noun
- mechanical memorization or repetition without understanding
Examples
- Students learned multiplication tables by rote.
- The teacher discouraged rote memorization in favor of conceptual understanding.
- He recited the poem by rote without grasping its meaning.
- Rote learning can be useful for basic facts and formulas.
- The training involved rote repetition of safety procedures.
- She knew the speech by rote after practicing it dozens of times.