English Online Dictionary. What means rally? What does rally mean?
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɹæ.li/
- Rhymes: -æli
Etymology 1
From Old French ralier (French rallier), from Latin prefix re- + ad + ligare (“to bind; to ally”).
Noun
rally (plural rallies)
- A demonstration; an event where people gather together to protest for or against a given cause
- (squash (sport), table tennis, tennis, badminton) A sequence of strokes between serving and scoring a point.
- (motor racing) 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.
- (business, trading) A recovery after a decline in prices (said of the market, stocks, etc.)
Hyponyms
- (increase in value): dead cat bounce
Translations
Verb
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.
- To come into orderly arrangement; to renew order, or united effort, as troops scattered or put to flight; to assemble; to unite.
- Dryden
- The Grecians rally, and their powers unite.
- Tillotson
- Innumerable parts of matter chanced just then to rally together, and to form themselves into this new world.
- Dryden
- To collect one's vital powers or forces; to regain health or consciousness; to recuperate.
- (business, trading) To recover strength after a decline in prices; -- said of the market, stocks, etc.
Synonyms
- (gather, unite, especially troops): muster
- (increase in value): bounce back, rebound
Antonyms
- (increase in value): decline
Derived terms
- rallying point
Translations
Etymology 2
From French railler. See rail (“to scoff”).
Verb
rally (third-person singular simple present rallies, present participle rallying, simple past and past participle rallied)
- (transitive) To tease; to chaff good-humouredly.
- Addison
- Honeycomb […] raillies me upon a country life.
- John Gay
- Strephon had long confessed his amorous pain / Which gay Corinna rallied with disdain.
- 1863, Sheridan Le Fanu, The House by the Churchyard
- So the athletic Magnolia instantly impounded the little lieutenant, and began to rally him, in the sort of slang she delighted in, with plenty of merriment and malice upon his tendre for Miss Chattesworth, and made the gallant young gentleman blush and occasionally smile, and bow a great deal, and take some snuff.
- Addison
Noun
rally (uncountable)
- Good-humoured raillery.
References
- rally in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
Anagrams
- Ryall
Czech
Noun
rally f
- rally (motor racing event)
Synonyms
- rallye f
Italian
Etymology
From English rally
Noun
rally m (invariable)
- rally event involving groups of people
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From English rally
Noun
rally n (definite singular rallyet, indefinite plural rally or rallyer, definite plural rallya or rallyene)
- a rally (e.g. in motor sport)
References
- “rally” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From English rally
Noun
rally n (definite singular rallyet, indefinite plural rally, definite plural rallya)
- a rally (e.g. in motor sport)
References
- “rally” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Portuguese
Noun
rally m (plural rallys)
- Alternative spelling of rali
Spanish
Noun
rally m (plural rallys)
- rally