Definitions for Rally
ˈræl iral·ly

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. rally, mass meetingnoun

   a large gathering of people intended to arouse enthusiasm

2. rally, rallyingnoun

   the feat of mustering strength for a renewed effort

   "he singled to start a rally in the 9th inning"; "he feared the rallying of their troops for a counterattack"

3. rallynoun

   a marked recovery of strength or spirits during an illness

4. rallynoun

   an automobile race run over public roads

5. rally, exchangeverb

   (sports) an unbroken sequence of several successive strokes

   "after a short rally Connors won the point"

6. beat up, drum up, rallyverb

   gather

   "drum up support"

7. call up, mobilize, mobilise, rallyverb

   call to arms; of military personnel

8. muster, rally, summon, come up, muster upverb

   gather or bring together

   "muster the courage to do something"; "she rallied her intellect"; "Summon all your courage"

9. rally, reboundverb

   return to a former condition

   "The jilted lover soon rallied and found new friends"; "The stock market rallied"

10. tease, razz, rag, cod, tantalize, tantalise, bait, taunt, twit, rally, rideverb

    harass with persistent criticism or carping

    "The children teased the new teacher"; "Don't ride me so hard over my failure"; "His fellow workers razzed him when he wore a jacket and tie"

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To Rallyverb

   Etymology: rallier, Fr.

   1. To put disordered or dispersed forces into order.

   With rallied arms to try what may be yet
   Regain’d in heav’n. John Milton.

   Publick arguing serves to whet the wits of hereticks, and by shewing weak parts of their doctrines, prompts them to rally all their sophistry to fortify them with fallacy. D. of Pie.

   Luther deters men from solitariness; but he does not mean from a sober solitude, that rallies our scattered strengths, and prepares us against any new encounters from without. Francis Atterbury.

   2. [ Railler, Fr.]To treat with slight contempt; to treat with satirical merriment.

   Honeycomb has not lived a month, for these forty years, out of the smoke of London, and rallies me upon a country life. Joseph Addison, Spectator.

   If after the reading of this letter, you find yourself in a humour rather to rally and ridicule, than to comfort me, I desire you would throw it into the fire. Addison.

   Strephon had long confess’d his am’rous pain,
   Which gay Corinna rally’d with disdain. John Gay.

2. To Rallyverb

   1. To come together in a hurry.

   If God should shew this perverse man a new heaven and a new earth, springing out of nothing, he might say, that innumerable parts of matter chanced just then to rally together, and to form themselves into this new world. John Tillotson.

   2. To come again into order.

   The Grecians rally, and their pow’rs unite;
   With fury charge us. John Dryden, Æneis.

   3. To exercise satirical merriment.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Rallyverb

   to collect, and reduce to order, as troops dispersed or thrown into confusion; to gather again; to reunite

2. Rallyverb

   to come into orderly arrangement; to renew order, or united effort, as troops scattered or put to flight; to assemble; to unite

3. Rallyverb

   to collect one's vital powers or forces; to regain health or consciousness; to recuperate

4. Rallyverb

   to recover strength after a decline in prices; -- said of the market, stocks, etc

5. Rallynoun

   the act or process of rallying (in any of the senses of that word)

6. Rallynoun

   a political mass meeting

7. Rallyverb

   to attack with raillery, either in good humor and pleasantry, or with slight contempt or satire

8. Rallyverb

   to use pleasantry, or satirical merriment

9. Rallynoun

   good-humored raillery

10. Etymology: [OF. ralier, F. rallier, fr. L. pref. re- + ad + ligare to bind. See Ra-, and 1st Ally.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Rally

   ral′i, v.t. to gather again: to collect and arrange, as troops in confusion: to recover.—v.i. to reassemble, esp. after confusion: to recover wasted strength:—pa.t. and pa.p. rallied (ral′id).—n. act of rallying: a mêlée of pantomimists, as at the end of a transformation scene: recovery of order: recovery of prices: the return of the ball in tennis, playing frequently from one side to the other.—n. Rall′ying-point, a place or person at or about whom people come together for action. [O. Fr. rallier—L. re-, again, ad, to, ligāre, to bind. Cf. Ally.]

2. Rally

   ral′i, v.t. to attack with raillery: to banter.—v.i. to exercise raillery:—pa.t. and pa.p. rall′ied.—n. satirical merriment.—adv. Rall′yingly. [Fr. railler. A variant of rail (v.i.).]

Military Dictionary and GazetteerRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. rally

   To bring back to order troops that may have been dispersed, or have retreated in a panic.

2. rally

   To come into orderly arrangement; to renew order, as troops scattered or put to flight; to assemble; to unite.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. RALLY

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Rally is ranked #130610 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Rally surname appeared 130 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Rally.
   
   66.1% or 86 total occurrences were White.
   19.2% or 25 total occurrences were Black.
   10.7% or 14 total occurrences were Asian.

Matched Categories

1. • Automobile Race
   • Call
   • Collect
   • Convalescence
   • Feat
   • Gathering
   • Mock
   • Recover

British National Corpus

1. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Rally' in Nouns Frequency: #2226

How to pronounce Rally?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Rally in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Rally in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of Rally in a Sentence

1. Caroline Bain:

   I always make the point that there is a certain amount of zinc sitting out there that is unknown. It (the inflows) certainly could undermine what has been a sentiment-fuelled rally.

2. Donald Trump:

   If everyone makes this change or these critical changes and sacrifices now, we will rally together as one nation and we will defeat the virus and we're going to have a big celebration altogether, with several weeks of focused action, we can turn the corner and turn it quickly.

3. John Ing:

   It's the proverbial dead-cat bounce. After days of worries, the market's in a relief rally on the heels of New York and hopes that we get a respite on everything from China to Greece, but those issues still fester...We're in uncharted waters as far as the Greece exit, and the (Chinese) market collapse is only 30 percent after a 150 percent gain.

4. Chuck Carlson:

   Today we've got a situation where we've got a flat market, which would indicate that markets are comfortable with earnings and that expectations had risen given the rally going into the earnings season.

5. Paul Nolte:

   You didn't have the snap back you would have expected to reverse a move like yesterday's. People are still nervous about overseas and what might happen tonight. Nobody wants to sit around and see what happens, our fundamentals are not nearly as bad as those in China, so it would be logical to see us rally. But we're still beholden to events in China.

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