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/ɹəʊt/ · noun
Mechanical routine; a fixed, habitual, repetitive, or mechanical course of procedure..
The pastoral scenes from those commercials don’t bear too much resemblance to the rote of daily life on a farm.
He could perform by rote any of his roles in Shakespeare.
The former may be seen as a more rote form of learning, contrasting with the latter which appears to include "executive" aspects
The Model of it was, That a third Part of the Senate or Parliament, ſhould rote out by Ballot every Year; […].
[Volumnia to Corolianus] "Because that it lies you on to speak/ to th' people, not by your own instruction,/ Nor by th' matter which your heart prompts you,/ But with such words that are but roted in/ your tongue,..." Coriolanus III.ii.52-55
extracting mistuned dirges from their harps, crowds, and rotes
Use rote when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Rote means Mechanical routine; a fixed, habitual, repetitive, or mechanical course of procedure..
Common synonyms include roteness, crowd, rote learning.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
The pastoral scenes from those commercials don’t bear too much resemblance to the rote of daily life on a farm.
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