learn by rote

learn something by rote

Fig. to learn something by memorizing without giving any thought to what is being learned. I learned history by rote; then I couldn't pass the test that required me to think. If you learn things by rote, you'll never understand them.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Rosemonde	-	French
Ekua	-	Western African, Akan
Garbi	-	Basque
Renato	re-NAH-to (Italian, Spanish)	Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Croatian
Jamey	JAY-mee	English
Artur	ər-TOOR (Portuguese), ar-TOOR (Galician), AHR-tuwr (Polish), AHR-toor (German)	Portuguese, Galician, Catalan, Polish, Russian, German, Estonian, Swedish, Romanian, Czech