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rally

/ˈɹæli/

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What does rally mean?

noun

  1. A public gathering or mass meeting that is not mainly a protest and is organized to inspire enthusiasm for a cause.
  2. A protest or demonstration for or against something, but often with speeches and often without marching, especially in North America.
  3. A sequence of strokes between serving and scoring a point.
More meanings (8)

noun

  1. 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.
  2. A recovery after a decline in prices (said of the market, stocks, etc.)
  3. Good-humoured raillery.

verb

  1. To collect, and reduce to order, as troops dispersed or thrown into confusion; to gather again; to reunite.
  2. To come into orderly arrangement; to renew order, or united effort, as troops scattered or put to flight; to assemble.
  3. To collect one's vital powers or forces; to regain health or consciousness.
  4. To recover strength after a decline in prices.
  5. To tease; to chaff good-humouredly.
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IPA pronunciation

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The aristocracy, in order to rally the people to them, waved the proletarian alms-bag in front for a banner.
Karl Marx; Friedrich EngelsThe Communist ManifestoProject Gutenberg ebook #61
To rally myself by calling to mind my own better fortune and nobler lot, and cherished surroundings at home, was impossible.
Richard Henry DanaTwo Years Before the MastProject Gutenberg ebook #2055
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Before the enemy could rally, and turn upon his path, the tread of the partisan's horse no longer sounded in his ears.
William Gilmore SimmsThe Life of Francis MarionProject Gutenberg ebook #843
He stood trying to rally his faltering intellect so that he might recollect the moment when he had loaded, but he could not.
Stephen CraneThe Red Badge of Courage: An Episode of the American Civil WarProject Gutenberg ebook #73
Every rally was long drawn out and bitterly contested, but the French girl had a slight superiority that brought her a well deserved victory.
William T. (William Tatem) TildenThe Art of Lawn TennisProject Gutenberg ebook #1451