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