rally
Syllables: ral·ly/ˈɹæli/
More pronunciations (1)Fewer pronunciations
British/ˈɹalɪj/
rally noun: a public gathering or mass meeting that is not mainly a protest and is organized to inspire enthusiasm for a cause.
Noun (1)
rally (plural rallies)
- A public gathering or mass meeting that is not mainly a protest and is organized to inspire enthusiasm for a cause.
- a campaign rally
- an election rally
- A protest or demonstration for or against something, but often with speeches and often without marching, especially in North America.
- a political rally
- The EDL said Saturday’s rally was aimed at highlighting what it describes as a “continued increase in Islamic terrorism” linked to Birmingham.2017 April 8, Nicola Slawson, “Birmingham mosque counters EDL rally with ‘best of British’ tea party”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 06 Jul 2019
- 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.)
- Synonyms:
- recovery moment
Verb (1)
rally (third-person singular simple present rallies, present participle rallying, simple past and past participle rallied)
- To collect, and reduce to order, as troops dispersed or thrown into confusion; to gather again; to reunite.
- Synonyms:
- muster
- To come into orderly arrangement; to renew order, or united effort, as troops scattered or put to flight; to assemble.
- Innumerable parts of matter chanced just then to rally together, and to form themselves into this new world.1664, John Tillotson, “Sermon I. The Wisdom of Being Religious. Job XXVIII. 28.”, in The Works of the Most Reverend Dr. John Tillotson, Late Lord Archbishop of Canterbury: […], London: […] B. Aylmer...
- The Grecians rally, and their powers unite.1697, Virgil, “(please specify the book number)”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC
- Synonyms:
- unite
- To collect one's vital powers or forces; to regain health or consciousness.
- Norbourne was almost thankful for any excuse that enabled him to avoid seeing Lady Marchmont. In vain he sought to rally his spirits, and to conceal his depression; but the idea of Ethel mocked his efforts to forget.1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, pages 40–41
- Synonyms:
- recuperate
- To recover strength after a decline in prices.
- The market fell this morning but rallied later in the day.
- Bitcoin has still plunged in value by almost two-thirds this year, it should be said. But it has also rallied by about 10% since the downwards lurch when FTX filed for bankruptcy in mid-November, which is extraordinary.2022 December 14, Nils Pratley, “Bitcoin has rallied. What are crypto’s true believers still smoking?”, in The Guardian
- Synonyms:
- bounce back, rebound
- Antonyms:
- decline
Verb (2)
rally (third-person singular simple present rallies, present participle rallying, simple past and past participle rallied)
- To tease; to chaff good-humouredly.
- But you must not rally him on the subject Sir Oliver—'tis a tender Point I assure you though He has been married only seven months.1777, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, The School for Scandal, II.iii
- Honeycomb […] rallies me after his way upon my country life.1711 August 10 (Gregorian calendar), [Joseph Addison; Richard Steele et al.], “MONDAY, July 31, 1711”, in The Spectator, number 132; republished in Alexander Chalmers, editor, The Spectator; a New...
Noun (2)
rally (uncountable)
- Good-humoured raillery.
rally meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
rally in Hindi
- public gathering for a cause
- सभा sabhā, रैली railī, प्रदर्शन pradarśan
rally in Tamil
- ஒன்றுசேர், திரளணி
rally in Marathi
- रॅली
rally in Urdu
- public gathering for a cause
- جَلْسَہ jalsa, مُظاہَرَہ muzāhara, اِجْتِماع ijtimā', جُلُوس julūs, رَیلی railī
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- rally in Bengali
- সমাবেশ, জনসভা, পুনর্লাভ, পুনর্মিলন
- rally in Telugu
- ర్యాలీ
- rally in Malayalam
- അണിനിരക്കുക, പുനസംഘടിക്കുക, വീണ്ടും ഒന്നിച്ചുകൂടുക, ഒത്തൊരുമിക്കുക
- rally in Kannada
- ಕೂಟ, ಮೇಳ, ದೊಡ್ಡಾಟ, ಕುದುರಿಕೆ
- rally in Punjabi
- ਰੈਲੀ, ਰੈਲੀ ਕੀਤੀ, ਰੈਲੀ ਕਰਨ ਲਈ
- rally in Gujarati
- રેલી, રેલી કરવી
- rally in Odia
- ରାଲି, ରାଲି କରିବା
- rally in Nepali
- र्याली, रैली, र्याली गर्न
- rally in Pashto
- لاريون lāryún
- rally in Tagalog
- miting, pulungan
- rally in Arabic
- تَجَمُّع tajammuʕ, مُظَاهَرَة muẓāhara, تَظَاهُر taẓāhur
- rally in Malay
- tunjuk perasaan, unjuk rasa
- rally in Indonesian
- unjuk rasa
- rally in Thai
- การชุมนุม gaan-chum-num, การเดินขบวน gaan-dəən-kà-buuan
- rally in Vietnamese
- cuộc vận động, mít tinh
- rally in Myanmar
- ဆန္ဒပြပွဲ hcanda.pra.pwai:
Examples of rally in a sentence
- He no longer has the lungs to play long rallies like he used to.
- They rallied from a three-goal deficit only to lose in the final two minutes of play.
- The market had a technical rally, due to an oversold condition.
Synonyms of rally
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Forms of rally
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | rallies |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | rallies |
| present participle | rallying |
| past participle | rallied |
| past | rallied |
Origin of rally
From Middle French rallier (French rallier), from Old French ralier, from Latin prefix re- + ad + ligare (“to bind; to ally”).
From French railler. See rail (“to scoff”).
Words formed from rally
Phrases with rally
Words that rhyme with rally
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Questions about rally
- What does rally mean?
- Rally means a public gathering or mass meeting that is not mainly a protest and is organized to inspire enthusiasm for a cause.
- What is rally in Hindi?
- Rally in Hindi is सभा (sabhā), रैली (railī), प्रदर्शन (pradarśan). See Rally meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is rally?
- Rally can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce rally?
- Rally is pronounced /ˈɹæli/ (UK).
- What is the plural of rally?
- The plural of rally is rallies.
Words near rally in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: rally (page history and authors); rally (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); rally (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); rally (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); rally (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); rally (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); rally (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); rally (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); rally (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); rally (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); rally (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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