Rote

Quick meaning: Rote is a noun meaning Mechanical routine; a fixed, habitual, repetitive, or mechanical course of procedure.

Meaning

Mechanical routine; a fixed, habitual, repetitive, or mechanical course of procedure.

More Meanings

1. By repetition or practice and without much thought.
2. (transitive) To learn or repeat by rote.
3. Synonym of crowd.
4. (music) A kind of guitar, the notes of which were produced by a small wheel or wheel-like arrangement; an instrument similar to the hurdy-gurdy.
5. (obsolete) To go out by rotation or succession; to rotate.
6. (rare) The roar of the surf; the sound of waves breaking on the shore.

Example Sentences

He could perform by rote any of his roles in Shakespeare.

extracting mistuned dirges from their harps, crowds, and rotes

The Model of it was, That a third Part of the Senate or Parliament, ſhould rote out by Ballot every Year; […].

The pastoral scenes from those commercials don’t bear too much resemblance to the rote of daily life on a farm.

Word Forms

• rotes
• roting
• roted

Synonyms for rote

Depending on context, synonyms include roteness, crowd.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include routine, memorization, memorisation, mastery, repetition, masters.

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