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RALLY
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Irregular inflected form: rallied
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The feat of mustering strength for a renewed effort
Example:
he feared the rallying of their troops for a counterattack
Synonyms:
rally; rallying
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("rally" is a kind of...):
effort; exploit; feat (a notable achievement)
Derivation:
rally (gather or bring together)
Sense 2
Meaning:
(sports) an unbroken sequence of several successive strokes
Example:
after a short rally Connors won the point
Synonyms:
exchange; rally
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("rally" is a kind of...):
group action (action taken by a group of people)
Domain category:
squash; squash rackets; squash racquets (a game played in an enclosed court by two or four players who strike the ball with long-handled rackets)
badminton (a game played on a court with light long-handled rackets used to volley a shuttlecock over a net)
lawn tennis; tennis (a game played with rackets by two or four players who hit a ball back and forth over a net that divides the court)
Ping-Pong; table tennis (a game (trademark Ping-Pong) resembling tennis but played on a table with paddles and a light hollow ball)
Sense 3
Meaning:
An automobile race run over public roads
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("rally" is a kind of...):
auto race; automobile race; car race (a race between (usually high-performance) automobiles)
Sense 4
Meaning:
A large gathering of people intended to arouse enthusiasm
Synonyms:
mass meeting; rally
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("rally" is a kind of...):
assemblage; gathering (a group of persons together in one place)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "rally"):
pep rally (a rally (especially of students) before a game)
revival; revival meeting (an evangelistic meeting intended to reawaken interest in religion)
Sense 5
Meaning:
A marked recovery of strength or spirits during an illness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Hypernyms ("rally" is a kind of...):
convalescence; recovery; recuperation (gradual healing (through rest) after sickness or injury)
Derivation:
rally (return to a former condition)
II. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they rally ... he / she / it rallies
Past simple: rallied
Past participle: rallied
-ing form: rallying
Sense 1
Meaning:
Return to a former condition
Example:
The stock market rallied
Synonyms:
rally; rebound
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "rally" is one way to...):
go back; recover; recuperate (regain a former condition after a financial loss)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Sentence examples:
The stock market is going to rally
The business is going to rally
Derivation:
rally (a marked recovery of strength or spirits during an illness)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Harass with persistent criticism or carping
Example:
His fellow workers razzed him when he wore a jacket and tie
Synonyms:
bait; cod; rag; rally; razz; ride; tantalise; tantalize; taunt; tease; twit
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "rally" is one way to...):
bemock; mock (treat with contempt)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "rally"):
barrack; flout; gibe; jeer; scoff (laugh at with contempt and derision)
banter; chaff; jolly; josh; kid (be silly or tease one another)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Sense 3
Meaning:
Call to arms; of military personnel
Synonyms:
call up; mobilise; mobilize; rally
Classified under:
Verbs of fighting, athletic activities
Hypernyms (to "rally" is one way to...):
call; send for (order, request, or command to come)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Derivation:
rallying (the feat of mustering strength for a renewed effort)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Gather or bring together
Example:
Summon all your courage
Synonyms:
come up; muster; muster up; rally; summon
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "rally" is one way to...):
collect; garner; gather; pull together (assemble or get together)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
rally (the feat of mustering strength for a renewed effort)
Sense 5
Meaning:
Gather
Example:
drum up support
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "rally" is one way to...):
collect; pull in (get or bring together)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Context examples:
But they were gallantly rallied by their old chief and came on with such a rush that the ape-men began in turn to give way.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Maeterlinck's followers rallied around the standard of mysticism.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
Betwixt you and me, Mas'r Davy—and you, ma'am—wen Mrs. Gummidge takes to wimicking,—our old country word for crying,—she's liable to be considered to be, by them as didn't know the old 'un, peevish-like. Now I DID know the old 'un, said Mr. Peggotty, and I know'd his merits, so I unnerstan' her; but 'tan't entirely so, you see, with others—nat'rally can't be!
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
I trust your poor father is rallying.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
He will rally again, and be happy with another.
(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)
“Why, Dutch Sam never put in a better rally,” cried Sir John Lade.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
She was fast relapsing into stupor; nor did her mind again rally: at twelve o'clock that night she died.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
The dear Colonel rallied his spirits tolerably till just at last; but Darcy seemed to feel it most acutely, more, I think, than last year.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
He rallies his men upon the forecastle.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Soldier onward and upward anyway because, as I wrote last month, you are impressing VIPs with your good organizational skills and ability to enthusiastically rally the troops.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
