Meaning

6 senses
  1. A public gathering or mass meeting that is not mainly a protest and is organized to inspire enthusiasm for a cause.

    a campaign rally

    an election rally

    Kundgebung

    ми́тингmíting, ра́ллиrálli

    мі́тингmítynh

  2. A protest or demonstration for or against something, but often with speeches and often without marching, especially in North America.

    a political rally

  3. A sequence of strokes between serving and scoring a point.

    Ballwechsel

    (sports) an unbroken sequence of several successive strokes

  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.

    Rallye

    ра́ллиrálli, автора́ллиavtorálli

    ра́лліrálli, автора́лліavtorálli

  5. A recovery after a decline in prices (said of the market, stocks, etc.)

  6. (uncountable)Good-humoured raillery.

Examples

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  1. I'm a rally driver.

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  2. Many people attended the rally.

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  3. Do you really want to go to the pep rally?

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  4. When is the pep rally?

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  5. The pep rally was loud.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
public gathering for a cause:
motor racing: event:
Русский
By meaning 2
public gathering for a cause:
motor racing: event:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
public gathering for a cause:
squash, table tennis, tennis, badminton: sequence of strokes:
motor racing: event:

Origin

From Middle French rallier (French rallier), from Old French ralier, from Latin prefix re-

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

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

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Forms

plural: rallies
Singularrally
Pluralrallies

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • the feat of mustering strength for a renewed effort:rallying
  • (sports) an unbroken sequence of several successive strokes:exchange
  • a large gathering of people intended to arouse enthusiasm:mass meeting

Word family

9 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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