Usually means: Memorization by repetitive practice method.
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General (27 matching dictionaries)
  1. rote: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. rote: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. rote, rote, rote: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. rote: Collins English Dictionary
  5. rote: Vocabulary.com
  6. Rote, rote: Wordnik
  7. rote: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. rote: Wiktionary
  9. rote: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. rote: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. rote: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Rote, rote: Dictionary.com
  13. rote: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. rote: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Rote: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Rote: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. rote: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. rote: Rhymezone
  19. Rote: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. rote: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. Rote: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  22. rote: Free Dictionary
  23. rote: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. Rote, rote: LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus
  25. rote: Dictionary/thesaurus

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Virginia Tech Multimedia Music Dictionary (No longer online)

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  1. rote: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Sound-Alike Words (No longer online)
  2. ROTE: Acronym Finder
  3. rote: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. rote: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See rotes as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  Mechanical routine; a fixed, habitual, repetitive, or mechanical course of procedure.
adjective:  By repetition or practice.
verb:  (obsolete) To go out by rotation or succession; to rotate.
verb:  (transitive) To learn or repeat by rote.
noun:  (rare) The roar of the surf; the sound of waves breaking on the shore.
noun:  (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.
noun:  Synonym of crowd.

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