rally
Pronunciation: /ˈɹæli/
The English word “rally” has 11 meanings listed here.
noun
- A public gathering or mass meeting that is not mainly a protest and is organized to inspire enthusiasm for a cause.
- A protest or demonstration for or against something, but often with speeches and often without marching, especially in North America.
- A sequence of strokes between serving and scoring a point.
- An event in which competitors drive through a series of timed special stages at intervals. The winner is the driver who completes all stages with the shortest cumulative time.
- A recovery after a decline in prices (said of the market, stocks, etc.)
- Good-humoured raillery.
verb
- To collect, and reduce to order, as troops dispersed or thrown into confusion; to gather again; to reunite.
- To come into orderly arrangement; to renew order, or united effort, as troops scattered or put to flight; to assemble.
- To collect one's vital powers or forces; to regain health or consciousness.
- To recover strength after a decline in prices.
- To tease; to chaff good-humouredly.
Etymology
From Middle French rallier (French rallier), from Old French ralier, from Latin prefix re- + ad + ligare (“to bind; to ally”).
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