rally
1to bring into order again; gather and organize or inspire anew: The general rallied his scattered army.
to draw or call (persons) together for a common action or effort: He rallied his friends to help him.
to concentrate or revive, as one's strength, spirits, etc.: They rallied their energies for the counterattack.
to come together for common action or effort: The disunited party rallied in time for the election campaign.
to come together or into order again: The captain ordered his small force to rally at the next stream.
to come to the assistance of a person, party, or cause (often followed by to or around): to rally around a political candidate.
to recover partially from illness: He spent a bad night but began to rally by morning.
to find renewed strength or vigor: The runner seemed to be rallying for a final sprint.
Finance.
(of securities) to rise sharply in price after a drop.
(of the persons forming a stock market) to begin to trade with increased activity after a slow period.
(in tennis, badminton, etc.) to engage in a rally.
to participate in a long-distance automobile race.
Baseball. (of a team) to score one or more runs in one inning.
a recovery from dispersion or disorder, as of troops.
a renewal or recovery of strength, activity, etc.
a partial recovery of strength during illness.
a drawing or coming together of persons, as for common action, as in a mass meeting: A political rally that brought together hundreds of the faithful.
a get-together of hobbyists or other like-minded enthusiasts, primarily to meet and socialize.
Finance. a sharp rise in price or active trading after a declining market.
(in tennis, badminton, etc.)
an exchange of strokes between players before a point is scored.
the hitting of the ball back and forth prior to the start of a match.
Boxing. an exchange of blows.
Baseball. the scoring of one or more runs in one inning.
British Theater. a quickening of pace for heightening the dramatic effect in a scene or act.
Shipbuilding. a series of blows with battering rams, made in order to drive wedges under a hull to raise it prior to launching.
Also rallye . a long-distance automobile race, especially for sports cars, held over public roads unfamiliar to the drivers, with numerous checkpoints along the route.
Origin of rally
1Other words for rally
1 | muster |
2 | assemble, group, join, unite |
3 | reanimate, reinvigorate |
4 | ally, collaborate, cooperate |
5 | regroup, re-form, reorganize, reassemble |
7 | improve, improve, rebound, recover, recuperate, revive |
Other words from rally
- ral·li·er, noun
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Other definitions for rally (2 of 2)
Origin of rally
2Other words for rally
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How to use rally in a sentence
The rally took place on a day when 36,000 new cases were reported across the country — a number many times greater than the roughly 1,900 that were reported in Germany, the 500 in Japan, or the 600 in Canada.
Trump keeps lying about how the US Covid-19 situation compares to other countries. Here are the facts. | Aaron Rupar | September 11, 2020 | VoxThe FT labeled SoftBank the “Nasdaq whale” that “stoked the fevered rally in big tech stocks,” though it didn’t include details of any trading.
SoftBank stock slides after it’s unmasked as ‘Nasdaq whale’ | Claire Zillman, reporter | September 7, 2020 | FortuneAmong the right-wing groups mixing it up in the streets this summer are the Proud Boys, who are planning a rally this month in Portland.
They’re planning a rally in downtown Portland, Oregon, this month that’s unlikely to end well.
But, as Bull Sheet noted yesterday, there’s increasing concern over tech stock valuations, particularly after the August rally.
Jittery investors eye today’s big jobs report as markets rebound from an epic sell-off | Bernhard Warner | September 4, 2020 | Fortune
Then the sun went down and the anger came back as a “Thank You NYPD” rally traded insults with counter-protestors.
“You may be the only person at that rally,” Bratton said of those who planned to show up.
That kind of threat is only likely to make people rally around Putin, and now would not be a good time for that to happen.
“I could get people to die for me any day,” the L.A. Times quoted Masters saying at the rally.
Along the path to the rally students held signs like the one that read, “This is the cry of a people demanding freedom.”
Mexican Protesters Look to Start a New Revolution | Jason McGahan | November 21, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBut the flight of the insurgents was too far advanced to rally them, and they retired south towards Pampanga.
The Philippine Islands | John ForemanWhen danger was most pressing Lannes was there, the first to head the charge, the first to rally the discomfited.
Napoleon's Marshals | R. P. Dunn-PattisonBut the day was going against him, and it was in vain that he made a supreme effort to rally his men.
King Robert the Bruce | A. F. MurisonThen a happy thought came to him, "Say," he asked, "didn't the Kunnel tell us whar to rally after this affair was over?"
The Courier of the Ozarks | Byron A. DunnBy merely looking at him you might see that he would never rally, though he fluctuated much.
Elster's Folly | Mrs. Henry Wood
British Dictionary definitions for rally (1 of 2)
/ (ˈrælɪ) /
to bring (a group, unit, etc) into order, as after dispersal, or (of such a group) to reform and come to order: the troops rallied for a final assault
(when intr , foll by to) to organize (supporters, etc) for a common cause or (of such people) to come together for a purpose
to summon up (one's strength, spirits, etc) or (of a person's health, strength, or spirits) to revive or recover
(intr) stock exchange to increase sharply after a decline: steels rallied after a bad day
(intr) tennis squash badminton to engage in a rally
a large gathering of people for a common purpose, esp for some political cause: the Nuremberg Rallies
a marked recovery of strength or spirits, as during illness
a return to order after dispersal or rout, as of troops, etc
stock exchange a sharp increase in price or trading activity after a decline
tennis squash badminton an exchange of several shots before one player wins the point
a type of motoring competition over public and closed roads
Origin of rally
1Derived forms of rally
- rallier, noun
British Dictionary definitions for rally (2 of 2)
/ (ˈrælɪ) /
to mock or ridicule (someone) in a good-natured way; chaff; tease
Origin of rally
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