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learn something by rote
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to learn by repeating something many times, without really understanding it
Usually critical. 'Rote learning' is the noun phrase. Compare 'learn something by heart', which is neutral.
In context
At school we learnt the poems by rote and forgot them after the exam.
If you learn sample answers by rote, IELTS examiners will notice.
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