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

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

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. rote: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. rote: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary

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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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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