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Hole One a New See Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
Vocabulary: 'learning sentences fully'
Hi everybody,
I'm looking for an appropriate word for the following:
Somebody is preparing for the exam but he doesn't have much time (maybe he has, but it is much more common when he hasn't). This exam is about something hard (for example electrotechnics) so you don't try to interpret the learning materials. You only learn sentences fully. You will write the same to the test-paper word by word.
What is the appropriate verb for this learning type? Hungarian teaching materials write the word 'swot' but English monolingual dictionaries don't include this additional meaning (learn something word by word). Those only include the fact of the strong determination (e.g. DEF: "to study very hard, especially in order to prepare for an exam").
Thanks for your help in advance
I'm looking for an appropriate word for the following:
Somebody is preparing for the exam but he doesn't have much time (maybe he has, but it is much more common when he hasn't). This exam is about something hard (for example electrotechnics) so you don't try to interpret the learning materials. You only learn sentences fully. You will write the same to the test-paper word by word.
What is the appropriate verb for this learning type? Hungarian teaching materials write the word 'swot' but English monolingual dictionaries don't include this additional meaning (learn something word by word). Those only include the fact of the strong determination (e.g. DEF: "to study very hard, especially in order to prepare for an exam").
Thanks for your help in advance
Top answer
cram?
- cram?
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Will cram do?
4. Informal To prepare (students) hastily for an impending examination. v.intr.
3. (Social Science / Education) Informal to study or cause to study (facts, etc.), esp for an examination, by hastily memorizing
2 [no object] study intensively over a short period of time just before an examination:
example:
4. Informal To prepare (students) hastily for an impending examination. v.intr.
3. (Social Science / Education) Informal to study or cause to study (facts, etc.), esp for an examination, by hastily memorizing
2 [no object] study intensively over a short period of time just before an examination:
example:
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The term for learning by memorization is "rote learning" or "learning by rote."
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That is the one I was looking for (I checked in the monolingual dictionary, too). Thank you very much 
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