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rally

/ˈɹæ.li/ · noun

Meaning

  1. A public gathering or mass meeting that is not mainly a protest and is organized to inspire enthusiasm for a cause.
  2. A protest or demonstration for or against something, but often with speeches and often without marching, especially in North America.
  3. 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.)
  6. To collect, and reduce to order, as troops dispersed or thrown into confusion; to gather again; to reunite.
  7. To come into orderly arrangement; to renew order, or united effort, as troops scattered or put to flight; to assemble; to unite.
  8. To collect one's vital powers or forces; to regain health or consciousness; to recuperate.
  9. To recover strength after a decline in prices; -- said of the market, stocks, etc.
  10. Good-humoured raillery.
  11. To tease; to chaff good-humouredly.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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