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rally en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • /-lɪ/ (Scotland)
  • /ˈɹalɪj/ (British, Southern, Standard)
  • /ˈɾale/ (Scotland)
  • /ˈɹɛli/ (New-Zealand)
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈɾali/ (Wales)
  • /ˈɹæli/ (Australia, General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
  • /-li/ (Scotland)

Etymology

From Middle French rallier (French rallier), from Old French ralier, from Latin prefix re- + ad + ligare (“to bind; to ally”).

Meanings

  1. A public gathering or mass meeting that is not mainly a protest and is organized to inspire enthusiasm for a cause.
    • an election rally
    • a campaign rally
  2. A protest or demonstration for or against something, but often with speeches and often without marching, especially in North America.
    • Mortenson, who asked to use a pseudonym for this story, says she has been attending rallies and vigils in her home state to regain her optimism, but she’s finding it tough. 2025 March 3, Nico Lang, ““Simply Trying to Exist”: How Trans Americans Are Navigating the Confusion and Chaos of Trump’s Passport Policy”, in Them, archived from the original on 13 Mar 2025:
    • 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:
  3. (qualifier:table tennis; badminton; table tennis; badminton) A sequence of strokes between serving and scoring a point.
  4. 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.
  5. A recovery after a decline in prices (said of the market, stocks, etc.)

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
rallies Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

rallyist · rallycross · rally cap · rallygoer · antirally · terminal rally · counterrally · rally English · pep rally · rally towel

Descendants

ра́лли · র্যালি

Synonyms

recovery moment

Translations (162)

fi puhetilaisuus (public gathering for a cause) · nl betoging (public gathering for a cause) · lo ການຊຸມນຸມ (public gathering for a cause) · tg гирдиҳамоӣ (public gathering for a cause) · be аўтара́лі (motor racing: event) · ru ра́лли (motor racing: event) · ru ми́тинг (public gathering for a cause) · be мі́тынг (public gathering for a cause) · el ράλλυ (motor racing: event) · uk мі́тинг (public gathering for a cause) · el πολιτική συγκέντρωση (public gathering for a cause) · is mótmælafundur (public gathering for a cause) · ga slógadh (public gathering for a cause) · pl rajd (motor racing: event) · he עֲצֶרֶת (public gathering for a cause) · lt susirinkimas (public gathering for a cause) · my ဆန္ဒပြပွဲ (public gathering for a cause) · it manifestazione (public gathering for a cause) · hy հանրահավաք (public gathering for a cause) · ca intercanvi de cops (squash, table tennis, tennis, badminton: sequence of strokes) · et koostulek (public gathering for a cause) · ps لاريون (public gathering for a cause) · el ράλι (motor racing: event) · la concursus populi (public gathering for a cause) · ga railí (motor racing: event) · ko 랠리 (squash, table tennis, tennis, badminton: sequence of strokes) · sq miting (public gathering for a cause) · az mitinq (public gathering for a cause) · gl mitin (public gathering for a cause) · da forsamling (public gathering for a cause) · uk ра́ллі (motor racing: event) · de Rallye (motor racing: event) · cmn 集會 /集会 (public gathering for a cause) · ur مُظاہَرَہ (public gathering for a cause) · fr rassemblement (public gathering for a cause) · ja ラリー (squash, table tennis, tennis, badminton: sequence of strokes) · ms unjuk rasa (public gathering for a cause) · mn жагсаал (public gathering for a cause) · fa-ira راهْپِیْمایی (public gathering for a cause) · ar تَظَاهُر (public gathering for a cause) · ur اِجْتِماع (public gathering for a cause) · ur رَیلی (public gathering for a cause) · de Kundgebung (public gathering for a cause) · la protestatio popularis (public gathering for a cause) · cs výměna (squash, table tennis, tennis, badminton: sequence of strokes) · ro manifestație (public gathering for a cause) · sv samling (public gathering for a cause) · ky митинг (public gathering for a cause) · cmn 對打 /对打 (squash, table tennis, tennis, badminton: sequence of strokes) · ca comicis (public gathering for a cause) · lv mītings (public gathering for a cause) · cmn 大會 /大会 (public gathering for a cause) · lo ການເດີນຂະບວນ (public gathering for a cause) · ca recuperació (a recovery after a decline in prices) · fi ralli (motor racing: event) · lv sapulce (public gathering for a cause) · fr manifestation (public gathering for a cause) · cs rallye (motor racing: event) · id unjuk rasa (public gathering for a cause) · fa-ira تَظاهَرات (public gathering for a cause) · ko 집회 (public gathering for a cause) · ast mitín (public gathering for a cause) · fi kokoontuminen (public gathering for a cause) · is fundur (public gathering for a cause) · km ក្បួនហែ (public gathering for a cause) · an miting (public gathering for a cause) · th การเดินขบวน (public gathering for a cause) · ro miting (public gathering for a cause) · sv demonstration (public gathering for a cause) · is kröfuganga (public gathering for a cause) · km សមជ្ជ (public gathering for a cause) · tg тазоҳурот (public gathering for a cause) · ar تَجَمُّع (public gathering for a cause) · hi प्रदर्शन (public gathering for a cause) · uz yigʻin (public gathering for a cause) · nl samenkomst (public gathering for a cause) · la contiō (public gathering for a cause) · hu gyűlés (public gathering for a cause) · nb demonstrasjon (public gathering for a cause) · mk митинг (public gathering for a cause) · uz miting (public gathering for a cause) · nl demonstratie (public gathering for a cause) · pt rali (motor racing: event) · sv massmöte (public gathering for a cause) · ru автора́лли (motor racing: event) · ur جَلْسَہ (public gathering for a cause) · el συγκέντρωση (public gathering for a cause) · el διαδήλωση (public gathering for a cause) · bg размя́на (squash, table tennis, tennis, badminton: sequence of strokes) · tr miting (public gathering for a cause) · sh мѝтинг (public gathering for a cause) · fi mielenosoitus (public gathering for a cause) · ja ラリー (motor racing: event) · ja 集会 (public gathering for a cause) · no ballveksling (squash, table tennis, tennis, badminton: sequence of strokes) · hu rali (motor racing: event) · ja 大会 (public gathering for a cause) · tg роҳпаймоӣ (public gathering for a cause) · ro adunare (public gathering for a cause) · ca piloteig (squash, table tennis, tennis, badminton: sequence of strokes) · cs shromáždění (public gathering for a cause) · hy միտինգ (public gathering for a cause) · es rally (motor racing: event) · mi taupatupatu (squash, table tennis, tennis, badminton: sequence of strokes) · tl miting (public gathering for a cause) · hi रैली (public gathering for a cause) · ko 대회 (public gathering for a cause) · nl meeting (public gathering for a cause) · kk митинг (public gathering for a cause) · fr rallye (motor racing: event) · tg митинг (public gathering for a cause) · it raduno (public gathering for a cause) · tk miting (public gathering for a cause) · pl manifestacja (public gathering for a cause) · ko 랠리 (motor racing: event) · nb forsamling (public gathering for a cause) · sv valmöte (public gathering for a cause) · ca ral·li (motor racing: event) · cs rally (motor racing: event) · hy ցույց (public gathering for a cause) · uk автора́ллі (motor racing: event) · fr meeting (public gathering for a cause) · hi सभा (public gathering for a cause) · ug يىغىن (public gathering for a cause) · bg ми́тинг (public gathering for a cause) · bg възстановя́ване (a recovery after a decline in prices) · cmn 對拉 /对拉 (squash, table tennis, tennis, badminton: sequence of strokes) · es mitin (public gathering for a cause) · bg оживле́ние (a recovery after a decline in prices) · tr gösteri (public gathering for a cause) · sl miting (public gathering for a cause) · ga léirsiú (public gathering for a cause) · th การชุมนุม (public gathering for a cause) · nn rally (motor racing: event) · cmn 對攻 /对攻 (squash, table tennis, tennis, badminton: sequence of strokes) · et koosolek (public gathering for a cause) · vi mít tinh (public gathering for a cause) · pt comício (public gathering for a cause) · sh mìting (public gathering for a cause) · cmn 拉力賽 /拉力赛 (motor racing: event) · vi cuộc vận động (public gathering for a cause) · es mitín (public gathering for a cause) · tl pulungan (public gathering for a cause) · ru ра́лли (public gathering for a cause) · sq manifestim (public gathering for a cause) · da demonstration (public gathering for a cause) · ka მიტინგი (public gathering for a cause) · ar مُظَاهَرَة (public gathering for a cause) · sk zhromaždenie (public gathering for a cause) · hu tüntetés (public gathering for a cause) · ka მასობრივი მიტინგი (public gathering for a cause) · pl wiec (public gathering for a cause) · ca míting (public gathering for a cause) · ur جُلُوس (public gathering for a cause) · da duel (squash, table tennis, tennis, badminton: sequence of strokes) · fr rally (motor racing: event) · lt mitingas (public gathering for a cause) · nb rally (motor racing: event) · de Ballwechsel (squash, table tennis, tennis, badminton: sequence of strokes) · be ра́лі (motor racing: event) · ms tunjuk perasaan (public gathering for a cause) · et miiting (public gathering for a cause)

rally en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • /-lɪ/ (Scotland)
  • /ˈɹalɪj/ (British, Southern, Standard)
  • /ˈɾale/ (Scotland)
  • /ˈɹɛli/ (New-Zealand)
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈɾali/ (Wales)
  • /ˈɹæli/ (Australia, General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
  • /-li/ (Scotland)

Etymology

From Middle French rallier (French rallier), from Old French ralier, from Latin prefix re- + ad + ligare (“to bind; to ally”).

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To collect, and reduce to order, as troops dispersed or thrown into confusion; to gather again; to reunite.
  2. (intransitive) To come into orderly arrangement; to renew order, or united effort, as troops scattered or put to flight; to assemble.
    • The USA were dominant but, to England’s immense credit, they repeatedly rallied, refusing to fold. Indeed they could conceivably have gone in level at the interval had Naeher not made an acrobatic, stretching, fingertip save to divert Walsh’s 25-yard thunderbolt as it whizzed unerringly on its apparently inexorable trajectory towards the top corner. 2019 July 2, Louise Taylor, “Alex Morgan heads USA past England into Women’s World Cup final”, in The Guardian:
    • 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, […]; [a]nd W. Rogers, […], published 1696, →OCLC:
    • 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:
  3. (ambitransitive) 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:
  4. (intransitive, of the market, qualifier:stocks etc.) To recover strength after a decline in prices.
    • 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:
    • The market fell this morning but rallied later in the day.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
rallied Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
rallied Tense=Past lexicographic
rallying Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
rallies Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Antonyms

decline

Deriveds

rally round · rallying point · rally around the flag · rally behind · rally round the flag · boot and rally · rallyingly · unrallied · rally around

Synonyms

unite · rebound · muster · recuperate · bounce back

Translations (34)

nl herstellen (to collect one's vital powers or forces) · fi toipua (to collect one's vital powers or forces) · nl verzamelen (to collect, and reduce to order, as troops dispersed or thrown into confusion) · no komme til krefter (to collect one's vital powers or forces) · pt reagrupar (to come into orderly arrangement) · es mitinear (to collect, and reduce to order, as troops dispersed or thrown into confusion) · es juntarse (to come into orderly arrangement) · nl herstellen (to recover strength after a decline in prices) · bg подреждам се (to come into orderly arrangement) · no komme seg (to collect one's vital powers or forces) · no samle seg (to come into orderly arrangement) · no fylke seg (to come into orderly arrangement) · es recobrarse (to collect one's vital powers or forces) · nl genezen (to collect one's vital powers or forces) · bg покачвам се (to recover strength after a decline in prices) · es allegar (to collect, and reduce to order, as troops dispersed or thrown into confusion) · ru оправля́ться (to collect one's vital powers or forces) · bg прегрупирам (to collect, and reduce to order, as troops dispersed or thrown into confusion) · es repuntar (to recover strength after a decline in prices) · no regruppere (seg) (to collect, and reduce to order, as troops dispersed or thrown into confusion) · fi elpyä (to recover strength after a decline in prices) · pt reunir (to collect, and reduce to order, as troops dispersed or thrown into confusion) · bg възстановявам се (to collect one's vital powers or forces) · nl verzamelen (to come into orderly arrangement) · fr rallier (to collect, and reduce to order, as troops dispersed or thrown into confusion) · fi elpyä (to collect one's vital powers or forces) · fi kokoontua (to come into orderly arrangement) · pt reorganizar (to collect, and reduce to order, as troops dispersed or thrown into confusion) · ru сплачивать (to collect, and reduce to order, as troops dispersed or thrown into confusion) · nl groeperen (to collect, and reduce to order, as troops dispersed or thrown into confusion) · es volver en sí (to collect one's vital powers or forces) · fr rallier (to come into orderly arrangement) · ru восстана́вливать си́лы (to collect one's vital powers or forces) · fi toipua (to recover strength after a decline in prices)

rally en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • /-lɪ/ (Scotland)
  • /ˈɹalɪj/ (British, Southern, Standard)
  • /ˈɾale/ (Scotland)
  • /ˈɹɛli/ (New-Zealand)
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈɾali/ (Wales)
  • /ˈɹæli/ (Australia, General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
  • /-li/ (Scotland)

Etymology

From French railler. See rail (“to scoff”).

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) Good-humoured raillery.

Deriveds

rally cry

rally en · VERB · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • /-lɪ/ (Scotland)
  • /ˈɹalɪj/ (British, Southern, Standard)
  • /ˈɾale/ (Scotland)
  • /ˈɹɛli/ (New-Zealand)
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈɾali/ (Wales)
  • /ˈɹæli/ (Australia, General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
  • /-li/ (Scotland)

Etymology

From French railler. See rail (“to scoff”).

Meanings

  1. (transitive) 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 Edition, […], volume II, New York, N.Y.: D[aniel] Appleton & Company, 1853, →OCLC:
    • 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. 1863, J[oseph] Sheridan Le Fanu, “In Which the Sun Sets, and the Merry-making is Kept Up by Candle-light in the King’s House, and Lily Receives a Warning Which She Does Not Comprehend”, in The House by the Church-yard. […], volume I, London: Tinsley, Brothers, […], →OCLC, page 246:
    • Strephon had long confeſs'd his am'rous Pain, / VVhich gay Corinna railly'd vvith Diſdain: […] 1713 (indicated as 1714), [John] Gay, “Book I”, in The Fan. A Poem. […], London: […] J[acob] Tonson, […], →OCLC, page 5:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
rallies Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
rallied Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
rallied Tense=Past lexicographic
rallying Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic