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rote

The correct spelling is rote.

How to pronounce rote

noun

IPA: /ɹəʊt/

Say it like: Rot-e

The correct spelling is rote. Mechanical routine; a fixed, habitual, repetitive, or mechanical course of procedure. For example: "He could perform by rote any of his roles in Shakespeare."

Usage Examples

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

[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

After the movie let out, a crowd of people pushed through the exit doors.

Meanings

noun

  1. 1.Mechanical routine; a fixed, habitual, repetitive, or mechanical course of procedure.
  2. 2.The roar of the surf; the sound of waves breaking on the shore.
  3. 3.A group of people congregated or collected into a close body without order.
  4. 4.Several things collected or closely pressed together; also, some things adjacent to each other.
  5. 5.(with definite article) The so-called lower orders of people; the populace, vulgar.

verb

  1. 1.To go out by rotation or succession; to rotate.
  2. 2.To learn or repeat by rote.

adjective

  1. 1.By repetition or practice.

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