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Sciences may be learned by rote, but wisdom not.
Laurence Sterne

Meaning of "by rote" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF BY ROTE

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WHAT DOES BY ROTE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

by rote

Rote learning

Rote learning is a memorization technique based on repetition. The idea is that one will be able to quickly recall the meaning of the material the more one repeats it. Some of the alternatives to rote learning include meaningful learning, associative learning, and active learning.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BY ROTE

by no manner of means
by no means
by numbers
by one´s bootstraps
by reason of
by request
by return
by return of post
by right
by rights
by the balls
by the bye
by the dozen
by the lee
by the neck
by the same token
by the seat of one´s pants
by the skin of one´s teeth
by the vanload
by the way

WORDS THAT END LIKE BY ROTE

garrote
ghostwrote
Grote
Igorrote
Lanzarote
outwrote
overwrote
rewrote
rhinocerote
rote
scrote
typewrote
underwrote
wrote

Synonyms and antonyms of by rote in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «BY ROTE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «by rote» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of by rote

Translation of «by rote» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BY ROTE

Find out the translation of by rote to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of by rote from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «by rote» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

死记硬背
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

de memoria
570 millions of speakers

English

by rote
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

रटने से
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

عن ظهر قلب
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

наизусть
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

por rote
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

দ্বারা rote
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

machinalement
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Oleh huru hara
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

auswendig
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

機械的に
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

기계적 으로
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Dening rote
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

vẹt
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

துரோகம் மூலம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

रट द्वारे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Kimden rote
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

a memoria
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

na pamięć
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

напам´ять
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

pe de rost
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

από συνήθεια
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

deur ´n papegaai
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

utan
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

utenat
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of by rote

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BY ROTE»

The term «by rote» is regularly used and occupies the 68.622 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BY ROTE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about by rote

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3 QUOTES WITH «BY ROTE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word by rote.
1
Esperanza Spalding
I think there's so much negative influence on children in school settings. It becomes learning by rote to pass a test. It's not contextualized.
2
Laurence Sterne
Sciences may be learned by rote, but wisdom not.
3
Martin Farquhar Tupper
Memory is not wisdom; idiots can by rote repeat volumes. Yet what is wisdom without memory?

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BY ROTE»

Discover the use of by rote in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to by rote and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Language Development: Syntax and semantics
Evidence Against Rote Whenever there is no evidence supporting any of these 14 lines of evidence, one begins to suspect that a string is not being produced by rote. However, there are also four more positive lines of evidence that can be ...
Stan A. Kuczaj, 1982
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Introduction to Psychology: Gateways to Mind and Behavior
Learning by rote: Students learn that the area is found by multiplying base times height. Base Area = B x H Discovery Learning Much of what is meant by cognitive learning is summarized by the word “understanding.” Each of us has, at times, ...
Dennis Coon, John Mitterer, 2008
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The English journal of education, ed. by G. Moody
Formerly the system of learning by rote was almost universally practised in schools. The Latin rules in the Eton grammar were crammed down the throats of the poor children without their receiving one idea into the head. Memory was the  ...
George Moody, 1846
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What Is Worth Teaching?
This collection of essays is the third revised edition of Dr Krishna Kumar s UGC national lectures.
K. Kumar, 2004
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The Tragedie of Coriolanus
Dyce proposes an emendation here, which seems to show that he did not understand the drift of the passage: he wishes 'roted' to be printed rooted, but the words were to be said by rote by the tongue, and not to be rooted in it. Besides, Dyce's ...
William Shakespeare, 2001
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Nature Displayed in Her Mode of Teaching Language to Man ... ...
Learning by rote has been supposed to be a wrong and vicious manner of speaking : but if, by rote, with LOCKE, we understand, (and it is truly ils proper sensé, when applied to language,) thc learning ofa language without thé assistance of ...
Nicolas Gouin Dufief, 1834
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Conceptual and Procedural Knowledge: The Case of Mathematics
Conceptual knowledge, as we have described it, cannot be generated directly by rote learning Facts and propositions learned by rote are stored in memory as isolated bits of information, not linked with any conceptual network. Of course at ...
James Hiebert, 2013
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Cognitive Load Theory
While learning with understanding is reserved for high element interactivity information, learning by rote can be applied to either low or high element interactivity information. When dealing with low element interactivity information, we assume, ...
John Sweller, Paul Ayres, Slava Kalyuga, 2011
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The English Journal of Education
Formerly the system of learning by rote was almost universally practised in schools. The Latin rules in the Eton grammar were crammed down the throats of the poor children without their receiving one idea into the head. Memory was the  ...
George Moody, 1846
10
Psychology: Modules for Active Learning
Each of us has, at times, learned ideas by rote learning—mechanical repetition and memorization. Although rote learning can be efficient, many psychologists believe that learning is more lasting and flexible when peo- ple discover facts and ...
Dennis Coon, John Mitterer, 2014

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BY ROTE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term by rote is used in the context of the following news items.
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MBBS student ends life at AIIMS
... left behind a suicide note in which he expressed his inability to cope with study pressure in medicine and termed it to be learning by rote. «Times of India, Jul 15»
2
Faculty Member Launches New Tool for Digital Learning
The act of drawing also puts constructive learning strategy and visual thinking skills to use, as differentiated from learning by rote memorization. «Syracuse University News, Jul 15»
3
Musings on the daily miracle
... writer introduces the point given at the top of this column, that when you talk of learning, most people visualize monotonous learning by rote. «The Telegram, Jul 15»
4
Wimbledon 2015: Nick Kyrgios backs up bravado with brilliance
He does not play by rote, he does not do the obvious and he is not remotely disturbed if his improvisations do not come off. In his last round ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
5
Letter: Glenbard West science center a lesson in ignorance
Cocoon the students in the latest sterile classrooms so that they do not learn anything, even by rote. Forget the value of the mystery and beauty ... «Suburban Life Publications, Jul 15»
6
Setting talent free
So training, which was once delivered in instructional, or learning by rote form, has now opened up into a more blended form of learning which ... «TrainingZone.co.uk, Jul 15»
7
Revisiting Wonderland
... with no apparent forethought or afterthought, and said as if by rote absolutely at random, it probably occurred to somebody somewhere that ... «KanglaOnline, Jul 15»
8
Many call madrassa survey during Ramzan 'useless'
... Azizia near Mira Road station is abuzz with kurta-pyjama-clad students memorizing the Quranic verses or learning Arabic language by rote. «Times of India, Jul 15»
9
Al Depman: Archdiocese turmoil stirs series of personal emotions
The daily Latin mass was a mysterious ritual, especially to this curious altar boy. I still have my Mass card and can by rote respond to the priest's ... «Post-Bulletin, Jul 15»
10
As Cut-Offs Soar Beyond Perfect 100, Why Not Look Beyond DU
These kinds of question papers encourage learning by rote and those who have mastered it or those who have photographic memories tend to ... «The New Indian Express, Jul 15»

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