rote /rəʊt $ roʊt/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable]
[ Date: 1200-1300 ; Origin: Perhaps from Latin rota ( ⇨ ↑ rotate ) or from Old French route ( , ↑ route 1 ) ]
formal when you learn something by repeating it many times, without thinking about it carefully or without understanding it:
In old-fashioned schools, much learning was by rote.
the rote learning of facts