rally

English

Wikipedia

Pronunciation

• (UK), (US) IPA: /ˈɹæl.i/, SAMPA: /"r{l.i/
• Rhymes: -æli

Etymology 1

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

Noun

rally (plural rallies)

1. A demonstration; an event where people gather together to protest for or against a given cause
2. (squash (sport), table tennis, tennis, badminton) A sequence of strokes between serving and scoring a point.
3. (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.
4. (business, trading) A recovery after a decline in prices; -- said of the market, stocks, etc.

Hyponyms

• (increase in value): dead cat bounce

Translations

demonstration

Chinese: Mandarin: 集會 (zh), 集会 (zh) (jíhuì), 大會 (zh), 大会 (zh) (dàhuì) Finnish: mielenosoitus (fi) Georgian: მასობრივი მიტინგი (ka) (masobrivi mitingi), მიტინგი (ka) (mitingi) German: Kundgebung (de) f.

Japanese: 大会 (ja) (たいかい, taikai) Polish: wiec (pl) m. Russian: митинг (ru) (míting) m. Spanish: concentración (es) f., mítin (es) m. Ukrainian: мітинг (uk) (mítynh) m.

tennis: sequence of strokes

Norwegian: ballveksling (no) m.

motor racing: event

Chinese: Mandarin: 拉力賽 (zh), 拉力赛 (zh) (lālìsài) Czech: rallye (cs) f., rally (cs) f. Finnish: ralli (fi) French: rallye (fr) m., rally (fr) m. German: Rallye (de) f.

Hungarian: rali (hu) Japanese: ラリー (ja) (rarī) Norwegian: rally (no) c. Polish: rajd (pl) m. Russian: ралли (ru) (rálli) n. (indeclinable), авторалли (ru) (avtorálli) n. Spanish: rally (es) m.

Verb

rally (third-person singular simple present rallies, present participle rallying, simple past and past participle rallied)

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; to unite.
3. To collect one's vital powers or forces; to regain health or consciousness; to recuperate.
4. (business, trading) To recover strength after a decline in prices; -- said of the market, stocks, etc.

Synonyms

• (gather, unite, esp. troops): muster
• (increase in value): bounce back, rebound

Antonyms

• (increase in value): decline

Translations

To collect, and reduce to order, as troops dispersed or thrown into confusion

French: rallier (fr) Norwegian: (mostly reflexive) regruppere (seg) (no)

Portuguese: reorganizar (pt),reunir (pt) Spanish: reagrupar (es), reunir (es)

To come into orderly arrangement

Dutch: verzamelen (nl) Finnish: kokoontua (fi) French: rallier (fr)

Norwegian: samle seg (no), fylke seg (no) Portuguese: reagrupar (pt) Spanish: reorganizar (es), ensamblar (es), unir (es)

To collect one's vital powers or forces

Finnish: elpyä (fi), toipua (fi)

Norwegian: komme seg (no), (idiomatic) komme til krefter (no) Spanish: recobrarse (es), recuperarse (es), volver en sí (es)

To recover strength after a decline in prices

Dutch: herstellen (nl) Finnish: elpyä (fi), toipua (fi)

Spanish: repuntar (es), recuperarse (es)

Etymology 2

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

Verb

rally (third-person singular simple present rallies, present participle rallying, simple past and past participle rallied)

1. To tease; to chaff good-humouredly.

References

• rally in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

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Czech

Wikipedia ^cs

Noun

rally f.

1. rally (motor racing event)

Synonyms

• rallye f.

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Italian

Etymology

English

Noun

rally m. inv.

1. rally event involving groups of people