You should use words to make sentences, rather than try to learn them with rote memorisation.
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Rote
//ɹəʊt//
Synonyms for "rote" (41 found)
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Closest matches (9)
Adjective(1 words)
Strong matches (12)
Related words (20)
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3 entriesderived
3 entriesetymologically related_to
3 entrieshas context
1 entriesis a
1 entriesrelated to
26 entriesShowing 16 of 26 words.
Translations
52 translations across 21 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- наизустяване noun (process of committing to memory)
- шум на прибоя noun (roar of the surf)
Catalan
2 entries- aprendre de cor noun (process of committing to memory)
- rutina noun (mechanical routine)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 機械學習 /机械学习 noun (process of committing to memory)
- 死記硬背 /死记硬背 noun (process of committing to memory)
- 死讀書 /死读书 noun (process of committing to memory)
Czech
4 entries- biflování noun (process of committing to memory)
- hřmění příboje noun (roar of the surf)
- memorování noun (process of committing to memory)
- rutina noun (mechanical routine)
Dutch
3 entries- breken noun (roar of the surf)
- herhaling noun (process of committing to memory)
- sleur noun (mechanical routine)
Esperanto
1 entries- parkerigado noun (process of committing to memory)
Finnish
3 entries- (aaltojen) pauhu noun (roar of the surf)
- rutiini noun (mechanical routine)
- ulkoa (by rote) noun (process of committing to memory)
French
1 entries- apprentissage par cœur noun (process of committing to memory)
German
4 entries- auswendig gelernt adj (Translations)
- Auswendiglernen noun (process of committing to memory)
- Gewohnheit noun (mechanical routine)
- Routine noun (mechanical routine)
Hebrew
1 entries- שִׁנּוּן noun (process of committing to memory)
Hindi
1 entries- रट्टा noun (process of committing to memory)
Hungarian
3 entries- bemagolás noun (process of committing to memory)
- biflázás noun (process of committing to memory)
- magolás noun (process of committing to memory)
Japanese
1 entries- 暗記学習 noun (process of committing to memory)
Persian
1 entries- طوطیواری noun (process of committing to memory)
Polish
3 entries- powtarzanie noun (process of committing to memory)
- repetycja noun (process of committing to memory)
- zapamiętywanie noun (process of committing to memory)
Portuguese
1 entries- memorização noun (process of committing to memory)
Russian
3 entries- зау́чивание noun (process of committing to memory)
- зау́чивание наизу́сть noun (process of committing to memory)
- зубрёжка noun (process of committing to memory)
Spanish
4 entries- memorista adj (Translations)
- memorístico adj (Translations)
- de memoria noun (process of committing to memory)
- de memorieta noun (process of committing to memory)
Swedish
4 entries- brus noun (roar of the surf)
- dån noun (roar of the surf)
- memorera noun (process of committing to memory)
- rutin noun (mechanical routine)
Telugu
1 entries- వల్లించు noun (process of committing to memory)
Turkish
1 entries- ezber noun (process of committing to memory)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
You'll have to learn all these dates by rote.
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We need to give students the tools they need to communicate in a foreign language, not simply teach them rote phrases.
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Rote learning might help you to pass exams, but it's no guarantee that you'll really understand the subject matter.
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