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rally¹

verbrallies, rallied, rallying ˈraliˈræli

[no object]

1(of troops) come together again in order to continue fighting after a defeat or dispersion.
De Montfort's troops rallied and drove back the king's infantry
Example sentencesExamples
- The Trojans rally again and continue to push onward.
- It is almost unheard of for beaten troops to rally and charge again, as happened at Solygea in 425.
- But the French Army rallied, the enemy was driven back and the borders of Revolutionary France began to expand.
- Hundreds of members of his army rallied in the streets on Saturday, carrying arms and chanting slogans of support for him.
- At one point US First Army commander Omar Bradley considered evacuating the beach and taking his men to one of the others, but eventually the troops rallied and fought their way inland.
- He lost half of his new fleet; but his troops rallied and in turn defeated the rebels.
- Freeman's troops rallied, held the Chinese off and miraculously survived.
Synonyms
reassemble, regroup, re-form, reunite, gather together again, get together again
round up
1. 1.1with object Bring together (forces) again in order to continue fighting.
  the king escaped to Perth to rally his own forces
  Example sentencesExamples
  He himself appeared in Sukhumi in a steel helmet, trying to rally his forces at the last moment, and only escaped by the skin of his teeth.
  The Assistant Division Commander of the 29 th Infantry was trying to rally his men, who were pinned down on the beaches by heavy German fire.
  Edmund rallied his forces, and for a little while it seemed that the Danes might still be driven back.
  Kourin ran up to him and they exchanged quick nods as Regnor continued to rally his troops.
  Instead, he had sent Afan on to rally the forces left in Nottingham to move out and meet Arthur in battle once more.
  Microsoft, on the other hand, is playing its same old strategies and strengths - rallying an entire community around it.
  The French failed to rally all non-Communist forces behind the weak Bao Dai, while their tanks and superior equipment made little headway in jungle warfare.
  In the ensuing attempt, Dunbar survives and rallies the Union troops to win the battle.
  Despite the relentless Mamluk pressure, Kitbuqa continued to rally his men.
  If things go badly, you can quickly move to rally shaken leaders and units.
  Nearby, in a path between the mountains, the general of the Imperial army was rallying her troops.
  If anything, he argued, the soldiers would need a strategist and a symbol of hope to rally them towards victory.
  Temujin now rallies the tribes for a desperate attack on Urga.
  Synonyms
  muster, marshal, mobilize, raise, call up, call to arms, recruit, enlist, conscript, draft
  assemble, bring together, call together, summon, gather, gather together, round up, mass, collect
  formal convoke
  archaic levy
2. 1.2 Assemble in a mass meeting.
  up to 50,000 people rallied in the city centre
  Example sentencesExamples
  In the United States, demonstrators rallied in several cities, both for and against the war.
  In the US, demonstrators rallied in several cities, both for and against the war.
  The tension over the future of the company increased last week when 200 of the town's population of 3,000 rallied in support of the sacked workers.
  Hundreds of striking council workers rallied at a mass meeting in York today as their actions hit city centre tourists, shoppers and motorists.
  In the northern city of Salta, striking bus drivers mobilized and rallied at City Hall, demanding three months unpaid wages.
  In the meantime, citizens are rallying in the piazzas, collecting signatures and marching around buildings.
  Hundreds of teachers marched and rallied in the cities of Salta and Oran, supported by parents and other workers.
  In Hobart, capital of the island state Tasmania, 500 students from a dozen different schools rallied in the city's Franklin Square.
  The protesters, who rallied near the Assembly building in downtown San Jose, confronted hundreds of police.
  The seething masses, still reeling, rallied and demanded a debate in the Commons.
  Several thousand rallied at an early march in the south-western city of Toulouse.
  Over a quarter of a million marched in London, and tens of thousands more rallied in other cities in Britain and Scotland.
  Railway staff from Bangalore and outlying towns, such as Kirandul and Koraput, rallied near the main city station.
  In Philadelphia, for example, students rallied at the Liberty Bell where they dressed up like the founding fathers for a dramatic reading of the Declaration.
  More than 700 people rallied in Hobart on July 15 to save Ralphs Bay in the Derwent estuary from a huge canal and housing development.
  Synonyms
  gather, accumulate, collect, assemble, amass, muster, marshal, organize, round up, garner, harvest
  get up, raise, mobilize, whip up
3. 1.3 Bring or come together in order to support a person or cause.
  no object, with infinitive colleagues rallied round to help Ann
  with object a series of meetings to rally support for the union
  Example sentencesExamples
  One group rallied behind Sulla and in 88 B.C. he invaded Rome.
  Following the meeting, residents have rallied to launch the petition, which is opposed to the closure of the two schools.
  Chapter organizer Jack Kelly rallied 300 people to oppose the new housing at the Land Use Commission's hearing.
  As a result, the entire campus rallied behind the program.
  After all, it's hard to rally around a city council or an embattled mayor.
  The entire world rallied behind this resolution that gives him one last chance.
  He rallied behind the president-elect and we had a transition that went forward in a smooth way and I think we may be on the lip of such a situation here, not for certain.
  But when the war came, the majority of these men rallied behind the Union and the Republican administration.
  When Gomberg passed away in unfortunate circumstances in Halifax last year, the whole community rallied behind his message of hope, love, and green activism.
  Thanks to those who rallied to raise money to buy the property back, there is now an ongoing effort to create the Thoreau Institute and to restore historic structures on the property.
  He hopes to rally them all behind his candidacy for chief.
  What better opportunity for rallying the country behind the President could there have been?
  Locals have rallied behind the push to start a community bank on the Balmain peninsula with almost 30 people registering their interest so far.
  Republicans, on the other hand, rallied behind tax cuts.
  He rallied great popular support for his scheme.
  A local community has rallied to support an asylum seeker who is facing deportation.
  We will rally the world to this cause by our efforts, by our courage.
  But faculty have not rallied behind him previously.
  Among those who have rallied behind him is a former teacher in a government school at Chattarpur who now takes yoga and meditation classes regularly here.
  Omar's speech was a desperate move to rally what little support he had left.
  The campaign was revolutionary in its use of the Internet to raise funds and rally the masses.
  Maybe a critical mass of Democrats would rally behind the one stable candidate.
  If the city were to rally behind this worthwhile and important cause and start planning now for a 2005 ride, Cycle For Life could be back in York.
  The president must rally the country around a clear and credible goal.
  Community-spirited people and businesses across York are rallying to help a city Scout group rise from the ashes after its building and equipment was destroyed in an arson attack.
  A grandmother has expressed her gratitude to local people who rallied to raise more than £30,000.
  But since then other villagers have rallied to support him.
  We will be out in force to make sure people know what's going on and rallying even more support.
  This year, Democratic primary voters shut down the nominating process earlier than ever, and rallied behind Kerry.
  Synonyms
  come/get together, band together, assemble, group, join, join together, join forces, link (up), combine, unite, ally, collaborate, cooperate, work together, act together, pull together
2Recover or cause to recover in health, spirits, or poise.
no object he floundered for a moment, then rallied again
with object they rallied her with a drink
Example sentencesExamples
- He remains in a hospital trying to rally from serious head, lung, and rib injuries.
- To everyone's relief, eventually Wood rallied and recovered.
- He rallied and was thought to be improving until the early hours of Friday last week when he suffered a severe setback, developing a lung infection and being put on a ventilator in intensive care.
- There was a time last year when I didn't think for one moment she would still be with us but she rallied and is still going strong.
Synonyms
recover, improve, get better, pick up, revive, come back, make a comeback, rebound, bounce back, perk up, look up, take a turn for the better, turn the/a corner, be given a new lease of life, take on a new lease of life
emerge from something, get over something, shake something off
informal come up smiling
1. 2.1 (of share, currency, or commodity prices) increase after a fall.
  prices of metals have rallied
  Example sentencesExamples
  If we are correct, and at some future date the price of gold rallies like the yen did, there will be financial turmoil.
  After falling to an all-time low of 8p a share, the price has rallied over the past month.
  At a minimum, there would be a month or two in which consumer and corporate spending would surge and stock prices would rally.
  HP shares had rallied on the early news of layoffs, but they're slightly slower today.
  However, the shares rallied later in the day as the market digested the news.
3Drive in a rally.
we're driving off to Spain to rally
with object he has raced and rallied MGBs for thirty years
Example sentencesExamples
- However, Gareth has rallied in Ireland in recent times, so he is certainly familiar with pace note asphalt rallies.
- ‘We only started rallying in 2001 and since then we've only ever done five events a year at most,’ admits Myers, who is a sail-maker by profession.
- He has been rallying for six years and entered the 2004 Safari Rally.
- ‘We just keep finding the limit,’ said Mark on Friday as he rallied on the island for the first time.
- The 23-year-old has been rallying for six years, including stints in both Group N Mitsubishi and Fiat Punto Super 1600 cars.

nounPlural rallies ˈraliˈræli

1A mass meeting of people making a political protest or showing support for a cause.
a banned nationalist rally
Example sentencesExamples
- For example, service members as well as government civilians can attend political meetings or rallies.
- My activities went from merely attending meetings, rallies, and protests to organizing them.
- The following is the text of a speech given at an antiwar rally in New York City's Central Park on October 6.
- Soldiers were positioned at strategic points in the city and at election rallies where huge crowds gathered.
- Tippe added that the military is also anticipating the likelihood of mass student rallies during the visit.
- Hundreds of people are expected to turn out today for a mass rally in support of efforts to save the historic Duke of Wellington's Regiment.
- Her group sends gifts to the troops and holds rallies at Columbia University supporting the war effort.
- Thousands also attended a protest rally in Castlebar after the opening of the new orthopaedic unit at Mayo General was cancelled.
- As part of that effort, Tony backed Earth Day, serving as chair of the April 1970 rally in New York City.
- Speeches from the gigantic demonstration in Melbourne were broadcast on satellite television to union rallies in every city and town.
- The trend among schools and colleges alike to organise peace rallies and cultural programmes to foster a spirit of cultural and national unity amongst their students is steadily on the uptake.
- Health workers held lunchtime rallies outside several hospitals, including in London, Birmingham and Sheffield.
- May Day rallies took place around Australia on the May 1-2 weekend.
- Activists are holding rallies to raise awareness, urging families to tell schools to keep their personal data private.
- Deming's vision of leadership centres upon coaching and personal development, not holding mass rallies in town squares.
- Campaigners for cancer services in the South-East are planning protest rallies after the regional health board abandoned its fight for radiotherapy in the region.
- We attended meetings and protest rallies during our high school years, and our mother organized a tutoring project for poor children.
- Last week, health workers carried out protest rallies at Santiago hospitals and clinics.
- Demonstrations and mass protest rallies in the early 1990s turned into riots in which several hundred were killed and thousands arrested.
- The Chilean Student Confederation announced plans for mass rallies across the country this Thursday in an escalation of the struggle.
Synonyms
meeting, mass meeting, gathering, assembly, tweetup
demonstration, march, protest march, parade
informal get-together, demo
1. 1.1 An open-air event for people who own a particular kind of vehicle.
  a traction engine rally
  Example sentencesExamples
  It was star attraction at an historic vehicle rally at Dudley, West Midlands, yesterday.
  Over 300 people in 97 vehicles joined in the rally for a weekend of fun and games.
  This year's historic vehicle rally will be the tenth annual event and takes place at Marley Showground on June 19.
  Among the exhibits at the rally will be a steam-driven threshing and baling set demonstrated by Johnson's of Banks, near Southport.
  Martin said police would also be quizzing local golfers at a course near Brinsbury Park, as well as visitors to a vintage vehicle rally at Pulborough.
  The six-day rally was for vehicles built before 1980.
  Their numerous annual funding raising events include the vintage rally, the Slieve Bloom walk, a golf classic and Sunflower day and coffee morning.
  He reckons no one else locally has driven their historic lorry so many miles to attend a vehicle rally.
  Keighley Bus Museum Trust is hosting its eighth historic vehicle rally, at Marley playing fields.
  The Kildare Branch of the IWAI is organising the boat rally and the event will mark the beginning of the boating season this year for the inland waterways.
  The East Lancs Railway will provide the perfect platform for a rally and classic car event later this year.
  The move comes after two people were hurt when a car crashed into a crowd of spectators during a rally of high-performance vehicles on the Armytage Road Industrial Estate.
  At least 15 ex-WYRCC vehicles are expected to be involved in the rally, at Keighley Bus Museum Trust's Old Dalton Lane depot, on September 21.
  Mr Halliwell said the big festival events of last Sunday, such as the SportKarnival and vintage vehicle rally, appeared to be successful.
  Plenty of carnivalgoers were attracted to the vintage car display and on Sunday there was a commercial vehicle rally.
  On the final day, a rally of all vehicles will be organised.
2A long-distance race for motor vehicles over public roads or rough terrain, typically in several stages.
as modifier a rally driver
Example sentencesExamples
- Cannonball Run Europe is a timed event and therefore classed as a rally not a race.
- ‘I enjoy the faster rallies more than the slower ones,’ said 28-year-old Märtin.
- But the Estonian's chances were wrecked by a puncture on the longest stage of the rally, which he had to stop and change.
- Since then, the young French driver finished the ten rallies in which he took part, winning four of them, and scored podium points on four other occasions.
- Rowlands freely admits he feels inexperienced on tarmac rallies and that he is still on a steep learning curve.
- He only encountered a problem on the penultimate stage of the rally, when his gearbox seized.
- I've never seen a rally race route through a city, but TGR makes it look good.
- Schumacher takes on rally drivers in Race of Champions on BBC
- The rally consisted of 22 stages run over 3 days in mainly dry conditions.
- Amazingly, although set up to tackle the roughest rally terrain in the world, the Group B cars could race on a track as well.
- It is a happy medium between the two featuring rally road races, closed circuits and other challenging environments.
- After his roll on the Astra Stages rally, Colin Hope had rebuilt his Nova for this event.
- After Sardinia, Cyprus and Turkey, the long tour of Mediterranean gravel rallies that kicked off at the beginning of April will end over the sun-baked tracks of central Greece.
- Antoine Bessette lost his rear wing in the closing laps of the race, but the former rally driver kept firm control of his car and finished in eighth.
- ‘This rally is the best of the rough rallies we do,’ said the 30-year-old Finn.
- The car has been faultless on all three rallies, and Geoff is giving me a huge amount of confidence in the car and in my own performances.
- Solberg set the pace for the first two days of the rally, winning five stages in a row.
- Like the other two hot gravel rallies, the start order on the opening day is important because there will be loose gravel on the surface which is a big handicap for the first cars.
- They will also continue to compete in historic road rallies.
- Of the three hot, rough rallies in Cyprus, Greece and Turkey, this is the best from a drivers' view.
3A quick or marked recovery after a decline.
the market staged a late rally
Example sentencesExamples
- If it is quick, cheap and decisive, we should see a rally of sorts, but if it is long, expensive and messy, financial markets can kiss any putative 2003 recovery goodbye.
- Now comes not a rally in the dollar but a decline that some are describing as the start of a decisive, massive and epochal shift of support away from the currency - and from America.
- The consensus view may be that a slowing economy explains the bond rally, but I remain quite skeptical.
- Some analysts suggest the dollar rally may be overdone, raising prospects of a euro recovery in the months ahead.
- Contributing to the two-month rally in gold prices was a decline in sales of borrowed gold by producers, analysts said.
- A continuing stock market rally and rapidly recovering economy would not be favorable developments for this vulnerable financial Bubble.
- The move also raised worries that the rally could stall Europe's economic recovery.
- Despite the lower valuation of the company, technology shares in Europe recovered from early loss to resume a recent rally.
- Markets are unpredictable, and even the smartest market watchers can't predict sudden rallies and declines.
- But the doubts about the strength of recovery have been sufficiently strong as to help a rally in the UK fixed interest market and a fall in fixed interest yields.
- Yet most analysts of the Indonesian economy agree that a consumption rally alone can't sustain recovery.
- Overall, Bedford thinks a mild rally this past fall will probably be followed by another marked drop in share prices.
- Dealers said the dollar's rise was in response to the rally in New York stock prices and the continuing decline on the Tokyo stock market Thursday.
- The dollar has advanced 1.9 percent during the three-week rally, trimming its decline to 11.8 percent in the year.
- And there is his basic and perhaps rather obvious point that the decline of civilisations proceeds in a serious of routs and rallies.
- Of course, the market is not immune to the domestic economy and its recent rally is partly explained by a brighter outlook for interest rates.
- It suggests the possibility of gaining a similar result over a future time period made up of bear market declines and bullish rallies.
- Bulk alloy prices have halted their free fall and are showing some signs of recovery, although few people expect a major rally.
- Short-lived rallies followed by drift and decline are likely to be the order of the day for 2003.
- Still, the Fed isn't done stimulating the economy and the rallies in bonds and stocks suggest investors agree.
Synonyms
recovery, upturn, improvement, revival, comeback, rebound, resurgence, renewal, a turn for the better, reaction
technical dead cat bounce
4(in tennis and other racket sports) an extended exchange of strokes between players.
a rally of more than three strokes was a rarity
Example sentencesExamples
- Once in a while a tennis match will reach its climax with both players convinced they are going to win until the last stroke of the last rally.
- With his ability to abbreviate his backswing and his penchant for quick rallies, Wimbledon offers him more opportunity.
- When he was 10, he worked as a ball boy at a seniors' tournament, giving him the chance to hit a few rallies with John McEnroe.
- I like the back-and-forth sound in tennis of two good players having a long rally or even just warming up.
- This resulted in a complete lack of rhythm and short rallies punctuated by frequent drop shots.

Derivatives

rallier

noun

Security forces fired water cannon and tear gas at protesters after ralliers refused to halt a demonstration in front of parliament.
Example sentencesExamples
- There they chanted, waved signs, and otherwise expressed their political views to any ralliers who happened to be dreadfully lost.
- And the marchers, the ralliers, have been very vocal in their support of the president.
- Protesters and ralliers lobbying for free tuition clashed with hundreds of riot cops in Quebec City outside of Quebec's main parliamentary building on Tuesday, February 18.
- ‘'I thought he was a good ol’ boy,’ the Iowa native told the ralliers about why he voted for him in 2000.

rallyist

noun ˈralɪɪstˈræliɪst

1A person who competes in a motor rally.
as other rallyists sped on, he was delayed considerably
Example sentencesExamples
- A spectator observed that the rallyists dispensed with helmets because they wanted to show off their paper caps that had the club's logo.
- But as rallyists, they never seem to catch the gimmicks while they're actually running a rallye.
- Before you accuse us of being gender-biased, we acknowledge there are excellent women racers and rallyists.
- the rallyists shouted slogans
2A participant in a mass meeting, particularly a political protest.

Origin

Early 17th century (in the sense 'bring together again'): from French rallier, from re- 'again' + allier 'to ally'.

Rhymes

Ali, alley, Allie, Ally, bally, dally, dilly-dally, farfalle, galley, Halley, mallee, Mexicali, pally, Raleigh, reveille, sally, tally, valley

rally²

verbrallies, rallied, rallying ˈraliˈræli

[with object]archaic

Subject (someone) to good-humoured ridicule; tease.
he rallied her on the length of her pigtail

Origin

Mid 17th century: from French railler 'to rib, tease' (see rail²).

rally¹

verbˈræliˈralē

[no object]

1(of troops) come together again in order to continue fighting after a defeat or dispersion.
De Montfort's troops rallied and drove back the king's infantry
Example sentencesExamples
- He lost half of his new fleet; but his troops rallied and in turn defeated the rebels.
- But the French Army rallied, the enemy was driven back and the borders of Revolutionary France began to expand.
- The Trojans rally again and continue to push onward.
- It is almost unheard of for beaten troops to rally and charge again, as happened at Solygea in 425.
- Freeman's troops rallied, held the Chinese off and miraculously survived.
- At one point US First Army commander Omar Bradley considered evacuating the beach and taking his men to one of the others, but eventually the troops rallied and fought their way inland.
- Hundreds of members of his army rallied in the streets on Saturday, carrying arms and chanting slogans of support for him.
Synonyms
reassemble, regroup, re-form, reunite, gather together again, get together again
1. 1.1with object Bring together (forces) again in order to continue fighting.
  the king escaped to Perth to rally his own forces
  Example sentencesExamples
  In the ensuing attempt, Dunbar survives and rallies the Union troops to win the battle.
  If anything, he argued, the soldiers would need a strategist and a symbol of hope to rally them towards victory.
  The Assistant Division Commander of the 29 th Infantry was trying to rally his men, who were pinned down on the beaches by heavy German fire.
  If things go badly, you can quickly move to rally shaken leaders and units.
  Nearby, in a path between the mountains, the general of the Imperial army was rallying her troops.
  The French failed to rally all non-Communist forces behind the weak Bao Dai, while their tanks and superior equipment made little headway in jungle warfare.
  Temujin now rallies the tribes for a desperate attack on Urga.
  Kourin ran up to him and they exchanged quick nods as Regnor continued to rally his troops.
  Instead, he had sent Afan on to rally the forces left in Nottingham to move out and meet Arthur in battle once more.
  Despite the relentless Mamluk pressure, Kitbuqa continued to rally his men.
  Edmund rallied his forces, and for a little while it seemed that the Danes might still be driven back.
  He himself appeared in Sukhumi in a steel helmet, trying to rally his forces at the last moment, and only escaped by the skin of his teeth.
  Microsoft, on the other hand, is playing its same old strategies and strengths - rallying an entire community around it.
  Synonyms
  muster, marshal, mobilize, raise, call up, call to arms, recruit, enlist, conscript, draft
2. 1.2 Assemble in a mass meeting.
  up to 50,000 people rallied in the city center
  Example sentencesExamples
  In the northern city of Salta, striking bus drivers mobilized and rallied at City Hall, demanding three months unpaid wages.
  Hundreds of striking council workers rallied at a mass meeting in York today as their actions hit city centre tourists, shoppers and motorists.
  Several thousand rallied at an early march in the south-western city of Toulouse.
  The seething masses, still reeling, rallied and demanded a debate in the Commons.
  Over a quarter of a million marched in London, and tens of thousands more rallied in other cities in Britain and Scotland.
  In the meantime, citizens are rallying in the piazzas, collecting signatures and marching around buildings.
  Railway staff from Bangalore and outlying towns, such as Kirandul and Koraput, rallied near the main city station.
  In Philadelphia, for example, students rallied at the Liberty Bell where they dressed up like the founding fathers for a dramatic reading of the Declaration.
  In the United States, demonstrators rallied in several cities, both for and against the war.
  The protesters, who rallied near the Assembly building in downtown San Jose, confronted hundreds of police.
  The tension over the future of the company increased last week when 200 of the town's population of 3,000 rallied in support of the sacked workers.
  More than 700 people rallied in Hobart on July 15 to save Ralphs Bay in the Derwent estuary from a huge canal and housing development.
  Hundreds of teachers marched and rallied in the cities of Salta and Oran, supported by parents and other workers.
  In the US, demonstrators rallied in several cities, both for and against the war.
  In Hobart, capital of the island state Tasmania, 500 students from a dozen different schools rallied in the city's Franklin Square.
  Synonyms
  gather, accumulate, collect, assemble, amass, muster, marshal, organize, round up, garner, harvest
3. 1.3 Bring or come together in order to support a person or cause or for concerted action.
  with object a series of meetings to rally support for the union
  no object conservatives in the GOP rallied behind Goldwater
  Example sentencesExamples
  Omar's speech was a desperate move to rally what little support he had left.
  Republicans, on the other hand, rallied behind tax cuts.
  He hopes to rally them all behind his candidacy for chief.
  What better opportunity for rallying the country behind the President could there have been?
  Maybe a critical mass of Democrats would rally behind the one stable candidate.
  He rallied behind the president-elect and we had a transition that went forward in a smooth way and I think we may be on the lip of such a situation here, not for certain.
  A local community has rallied to support an asylum seeker who is facing deportation.
  The campaign was revolutionary in its use of the Internet to raise funds and rally the masses.
  Thanks to those who rallied to raise money to buy the property back, there is now an ongoing effort to create the Thoreau Institute and to restore historic structures on the property.
  After all, it's hard to rally around a city council or an embattled mayor.
  When Gomberg passed away in unfortunate circumstances in Halifax last year, the whole community rallied behind his message of hope, love, and green activism.
  A grandmother has expressed her gratitude to local people who rallied to raise more than £30,000.
  But when the war came, the majority of these men rallied behind the Union and the Republican administration.
  He rallied great popular support for his scheme.
  The president must rally the country around a clear and credible goal.
  We will be out in force to make sure people know what's going on and rallying even more support.
  Following the meeting, residents have rallied to launch the petition, which is opposed to the closure of the two schools.
  This year, Democratic primary voters shut down the nominating process earlier than ever, and rallied behind Kerry.
  The entire world rallied behind this resolution that gives him one last chance.
  As a result, the entire campus rallied behind the program.
  If the city were to rally behind this worthwhile and important cause and start planning now for a 2005 ride, Cycle For Life could be back in York.
  But since then other villagers have rallied to support him.
  Locals have rallied behind the push to start a community bank on the Balmain peninsula with almost 30 people registering their interest so far.
  We will rally the world to this cause by our efforts, by our courage.
  But faculty have not rallied behind him previously.
  Community-spirited people and businesses across York are rallying to help a city Scout group rise from the ashes after its building and equipment was destroyed in an arson attack.
  Chapter organizer Jack Kelly rallied 300 people to oppose the new housing at the Land Use Commission's hearing.
  One group rallied behind Sulla and in 88 B.C. he invaded Rome.
  Among those who have rallied behind him is a former teacher in a government school at Chattarpur who now takes yoga and meditation classes regularly here.
  Synonyms
  come together, get together, band together, assemble, group, join, join together, join forces, link, link up, combine, unite, ally, collaborate, cooperate, work together, act together, pull together
2Recover or cause to recover in health, spirits, or poise.
no object she floundered for a moment, then rallied again
with object they rallied her with a drink
Example sentencesExamples
- To everyone's relief, eventually Wood rallied and recovered.
- There was a time last year when I didn't think for one moment she would still be with us but she rallied and is still going strong.
- He rallied and was thought to be improving until the early hours of Friday last week when he suffered a severe setback, developing a lung infection and being put on a ventilator in intensive care.
- He remains in a hospital trying to rally from serious head, lung, and rib injuries.
Synonyms
recover, improve, get better, pick up, revive, come back, make a comeback, rebound, bounce back, perk up, look up, take a turn for the better, turn a corner, turn the corner, be given a new lease of life, take on a new lease of life
1. 2.1 (of share, currency, or commodity prices) increase after a fall.
  prices of metals such as aluminum and copper have rallied
  Example sentencesExamples
  However, the shares rallied later in the day as the market digested the news.
  If we are correct, and at some future date the price of gold rallies like the yen did, there will be financial turmoil.
  HP shares had rallied on the early news of layoffs, but they're slightly slower today.
  At a minimum, there would be a month or two in which consumer and corporate spending would surge and stock prices would rally.
  After falling to an all-time low of 8p a share, the price has rallied over the past month.
3Drive in a rally.
Example sentencesExamples
- The 23-year-old has been rallying for six years, including stints in both Group N Mitsubishi and Fiat Punto Super 1600 cars.
- He has been rallying for six years and entered the 2004 Safari Rally.
- ‘We just keep finding the limit,’ said Mark on Friday as he rallied on the island for the first time.
- However, Gareth has rallied in Ireland in recent times, so he is certainly familiar with pace note asphalt rallies.
- ‘We only started rallying in 2001 and since then we've only ever done five events a year at most,’ admits Myers, who is a sail-maker by profession.
1. 3.1 (in tennis and other racket sports) engage in a rally.

nounˈræliˈralē

1A mass meeting of people making a political protest or showing support for a cause.
a rally attended by around 100,000 people
Example sentencesExamples
- Health workers held lunchtime rallies outside several hospitals, including in London, Birmingham and Sheffield.
- For example, service members as well as government civilians can attend political meetings or rallies.
- Thousands also attended a protest rally in Castlebar after the opening of the new orthopaedic unit at Mayo General was cancelled.
- Her group sends gifts to the troops and holds rallies at Columbia University supporting the war effort.
- The trend among schools and colleges alike to organise peace rallies and cultural programmes to foster a spirit of cultural and national unity amongst their students is steadily on the uptake.
- The Chilean Student Confederation announced plans for mass rallies across the country this Thursday in an escalation of the struggle.
- Campaigners for cancer services in the South-East are planning protest rallies after the regional health board abandoned its fight for radiotherapy in the region.
- As part of that effort, Tony backed Earth Day, serving as chair of the April 1970 rally in New York City.
- Soldiers were positioned at strategic points in the city and at election rallies where huge crowds gathered.
- My activities went from merely attending meetings, rallies, and protests to organizing them.
- Demonstrations and mass protest rallies in the early 1990s turned into riots in which several hundred were killed and thousands arrested.
- We attended meetings and protest rallies during our high school years, and our mother organized a tutoring project for poor children.
- The following is the text of a speech given at an antiwar rally in New York City's Central Park on October 6.
- Last week, health workers carried out protest rallies at Santiago hospitals and clinics.
- Deming's vision of leadership centres upon coaching and personal development, not holding mass rallies in town squares.
- Speeches from the gigantic demonstration in Melbourne were broadcast on satellite television to union rallies in every city and town.
- Activists are holding rallies to raise awareness, urging families to tell schools to keep their personal data private.
- Tippe added that the military is also anticipating the likelihood of mass student rallies during the visit.
- May Day rallies took place around Australia on the May 1-2 weekend.
- Hundreds of people are expected to turn out today for a mass rally in support of efforts to save the historic Duke of Wellington's Regiment.
Synonyms
meeting, mass meeting, gathering, assembly, tweetup
1. 1.1 An open-air event for people who own a particular kind of vehicle.
  a traction engine rally
  Example sentencesExamples
  Keighley Bus Museum Trust is hosting its eighth historic vehicle rally, at Marley playing fields.
  The East Lancs Railway will provide the perfect platform for a rally and classic car event later this year.
  At least 15 ex-WYRCC vehicles are expected to be involved in the rally, at Keighley Bus Museum Trust's Old Dalton Lane depot, on September 21.
  It was star attraction at an historic vehicle rally at Dudley, West Midlands, yesterday.
  Over 300 people in 97 vehicles joined in the rally for a weekend of fun and games.
  Martin said police would also be quizzing local golfers at a course near Brinsbury Park, as well as visitors to a vintage vehicle rally at Pulborough.
  The six-day rally was for vehicles built before 1980.
  The Kildare Branch of the IWAI is organising the boat rally and the event will mark the beginning of the boating season this year for the inland waterways.
  This year's historic vehicle rally will be the tenth annual event and takes place at Marley Showground on June 19.
  Mr Halliwell said the big festival events of last Sunday, such as the SportKarnival and vintage vehicle rally, appeared to be successful.
  He reckons no one else locally has driven their historic lorry so many miles to attend a vehicle rally.
  Plenty of carnivalgoers were attracted to the vintage car display and on Sunday there was a commercial vehicle rally.
  On the final day, a rally of all vehicles will be organised.
  Their numerous annual funding raising events include the vintage rally, the Slieve Bloom walk, a golf classic and Sunflower day and coffee morning.
  The move comes after two people were hurt when a car crashed into a crowd of spectators during a rally of high-performance vehicles on the Armytage Road Industrial Estate.
  Among the exhibits at the rally will be a steam-driven threshing and baling set demonstrated by Johnson's of Banks, near Southport.
2also rallyeA competition for motor vehicles in which they are driven a long distance over public roads or rough terrain, typically in stages and through checkpoints.
as modifier a rally driver
Example sentencesExamples
- The car has been faultless on all three rallies, and Geoff is giving me a huge amount of confidence in the car and in my own performances.
- ‘This rally is the best of the rough rallies we do,’ said the 30-year-old Finn.
- After Sardinia, Cyprus and Turkey, the long tour of Mediterranean gravel rallies that kicked off at the beginning of April will end over the sun-baked tracks of central Greece.
- Like the other two hot gravel rallies, the start order on the opening day is important because there will be loose gravel on the surface which is a big handicap for the first cars.
- But the Estonian's chances were wrecked by a puncture on the longest stage of the rally, which he had to stop and change.
- Antoine Bessette lost his rear wing in the closing laps of the race, but the former rally driver kept firm control of his car and finished in eighth.
- Since then, the young French driver finished the ten rallies in which he took part, winning four of them, and scored podium points on four other occasions.
- Amazingly, although set up to tackle the roughest rally terrain in the world, the Group B cars could race on a track as well.
- I've never seen a rally race route through a city, but TGR makes it look good.
- He only encountered a problem on the penultimate stage of the rally, when his gearbox seized.
- Of the three hot, rough rallies in Cyprus, Greece and Turkey, this is the best from a drivers' view.
- ‘I enjoy the faster rallies more than the slower ones,’ said 28-year-old Märtin.
- Cannonball Run Europe is a timed event and therefore classed as a rally not a race.
- Schumacher takes on rally drivers in Race of Champions on BBC
- After his roll on the Astra Stages rally, Colin Hope had rebuilt his Nova for this event.
- They will also continue to compete in historic road rallies.
- Rowlands freely admits he feels inexperienced on tarmac rallies and that he is still on a steep learning curve.
- The rally consisted of 22 stages run over 3 days in mainly dry conditions.
- It is a happy medium between the two featuring rally road races, closed circuits and other challenging environments.
- Solberg set the pace for the first two days of the rally, winning five stages in a row.
3A quick or marked recovery after a reverse or a period of weakness.
the market staged a late rally
Example sentencesExamples
- But the doubts about the strength of recovery have been sufficiently strong as to help a rally in the UK fixed interest market and a fall in fixed interest yields.
- And there is his basic and perhaps rather obvious point that the decline of civilisations proceeds in a serious of routs and rallies.
- Contributing to the two-month rally in gold prices was a decline in sales of borrowed gold by producers, analysts said.
- Now comes not a rally in the dollar but a decline that some are describing as the start of a decisive, massive and epochal shift of support away from the currency - and from America.
- Still, the Fed isn't done stimulating the economy and the rallies in bonds and stocks suggest investors agree.
- Some analysts suggest the dollar rally may be overdone, raising prospects of a euro recovery in the months ahead.
- The dollar has advanced 1.9 percent during the three-week rally, trimming its decline to 11.8 percent in the year.
- The move also raised worries that the rally could stall Europe's economic recovery.
- Markets are unpredictable, and even the smartest market watchers can't predict sudden rallies and declines.
- Overall, Bedford thinks a mild rally this past fall will probably be followed by another marked drop in share prices.
- Bulk alloy prices have halted their free fall and are showing some signs of recovery, although few people expect a major rally.
- Despite the lower valuation of the company, technology shares in Europe recovered from early loss to resume a recent rally.
- Of course, the market is not immune to the domestic economy and its recent rally is partly explained by a brighter outlook for interest rates.
- The consensus view may be that a slowing economy explains the bond rally, but I remain quite skeptical.
- Short-lived rallies followed by drift and decline are likely to be the order of the day for 2003.
- If it is quick, cheap and decisive, we should see a rally of sorts, but if it is long, expensive and messy, financial markets can kiss any putative 2003 recovery goodbye.
- It suggests the possibility of gaining a similar result over a future time period made up of bear market declines and bullish rallies.
- A continuing stock market rally and rapidly recovering economy would not be favorable developments for this vulnerable financial Bubble.
- Yet most analysts of the Indonesian economy agree that a consumption rally alone can't sustain recovery.
- Dealers said the dollar's rise was in response to the rally in New York stock prices and the continuing decline on the Tokyo stock market Thursday.
Synonyms
recovery, upturn, improvement, revival, comeback, rebound, resurgence, renewal, a turn for the better, reaction
1. 3.1 (in baseball and football) a renewed or sustained offensive, usually by the losing team, that ties or wins the game.
  Example sentencesExamples
  Another intense rally opens the third game of the set and the American just sneaks the point.
  Ardmoy led by eight points at the interval but a spirited second half rally by the home team saw them snatch a dramatic victory in the closing stages.
  Kildare did not deserve to lose after that second-half rally.
  Cabrera didn't get the ball out of the infield, the rally died and the team lost.
  The current lineup can't consistently sustain rallies or show discipline at the plate.
4(in tennis and other racket sports) an extended exchange of strokes between players.
Example sentencesExamples
- With his ability to abbreviate his backswing and his penchant for quick rallies, Wimbledon offers him more opportunity.
- Once in a while a tennis match will reach its climax with both players convinced they are going to win until the last stroke of the last rally.
- This resulted in a complete lack of rhythm and short rallies punctuated by frequent drop shots.
- I like the back-and-forth sound in tennis of two good players having a long rally or even just warming up.
- When he was 10, he worked as a ball boy at a seniors' tournament, giving him the chance to hit a few rallies with John McEnroe.

Origin

Early 17th century (in the sense ‘bring together again’): from French rallier, from re- ‘again’ + allier ‘to ally’.

rally²

verbˈræliˈralē

[with object]archaic

Subject (someone) to good-humored ridicule; tease.
he rallied her on the length of her pigtail

Origin

Mid 17th century: from French railler ‘to rib, tease’ (see rail).

单词	rally
释义	rally¹ verbrallies, rallied, rallying ˈraliˈræli [no object] 1(of troops) come together again in order to continue fighting after a defeat or dispersion. De Montfort's troops rallied and drove back the king's infantry Example sentencesExamples The Trojans rally again and continue to push onward. It is almost unheard of for beaten troops to rally and charge again, as happened at Solygea in 425. But the French Army rallied, the enemy was driven back and the borders of Revolutionary France began to expand. Hundreds of members of his army rallied in the streets on Saturday, carrying arms and chanting slogans of support for him. At one point US First Army commander Omar Bradley considered evacuating the beach and taking his men to one of the others, but eventually the troops rallied and fought their way inland. He lost half of his new fleet; but his troops rallied and in turn defeated the rebels. Freeman's troops rallied, held the Chinese off and miraculously survived. Synonyms reassemble, regroup, re-form, reunite, gather together again, get together again round up 1.1with object Bring together (forces) again in order to continue fighting. the king escaped to Perth to rally his own forces Example sentencesExamples He himself appeared in Sukhumi in a steel helmet, trying to rally his forces at the last moment, and only escaped by the skin of his teeth. The Assistant Division Commander of the 29 th Infantry was trying to rally his men, who were pinned down on the beaches by heavy German fire. Edmund rallied his forces, and for a little while it seemed that the Danes might still be driven back. Kourin ran up to him and they exchanged quick nods as Regnor continued to rally his troops. Instead, he had sent Afan on to rally the forces left in Nottingham to move out and meet Arthur in battle once more. Microsoft, on the other hand, is playing its same old strategies and strengths - rallying an entire community around it. The French failed to rally all non-Communist forces behind the weak Bao Dai, while their tanks and superior equipment made little headway in jungle warfare. In the ensuing attempt, Dunbar survives and rallies the Union troops to win the battle. Despite the relentless Mamluk pressure, Kitbuqa continued to rally his men. If things go badly, you can quickly move to rally shaken leaders and units. Nearby, in a path between the mountains, the general of the Imperial army was rallying her troops. If anything, he argued, the soldiers would need a strategist and a symbol of hope to rally them towards victory. Temujin now rallies the tribes for a desperate attack on Urga. Synonyms muster, marshal, mobilize, raise, call up, call to arms, recruit, enlist, conscript, draft assemble, bring together, call together, summon, gather, gather together, round up, mass, collect formal convoke archaic levy 1.2 Assemble in a mass meeting. up to 50,000 people rallied in the city centre Example sentencesExamples In the United States, demonstrators rallied in several cities, both for and against the war. In the US, demonstrators rallied in several cities, both for and against the war. The tension over the future of the company increased last week when 200 of the town's population of 3,000 rallied in support of the sacked workers. Hundreds of striking council workers rallied at a mass meeting in York today as their actions hit city centre tourists, shoppers and motorists. In the northern city of Salta, striking bus drivers mobilized and rallied at City Hall, demanding three months unpaid wages. In the meantime, citizens are rallying in the piazzas, collecting signatures and marching around buildings. Hundreds of teachers marched and rallied in the cities of Salta and Oran, supported by parents and other workers. In Hobart, capital of the island state Tasmania, 500 students from a dozen different schools rallied in the city's Franklin Square. The protesters, who rallied near the Assembly building in downtown San Jose, confronted hundreds of police. The seething masses, still reeling, rallied and demanded a debate in the Commons. Several thousand rallied at an early march in the south-western city of Toulouse. Over a quarter of a million marched in London, and tens of thousands more rallied in other cities in Britain and Scotland. Railway staff from Bangalore and outlying towns, such as Kirandul and Koraput, rallied near the main city station. In Philadelphia, for example, students rallied at the Liberty Bell where they dressed up like the founding fathers for a dramatic reading of the Declaration. More than 700 people rallied in Hobart on July 15 to save Ralphs Bay in the Derwent estuary from a huge canal and housing development. Synonyms gather, accumulate, collect, assemble, amass, muster, marshal, organize, round up, garner, harvest get up, raise, mobilize, whip up 1.3 Bring or come together in order to support a person or cause. no object, with infinitive colleagues rallied round to help Ann with object a series of meetings to rally support for the union Example sentencesExamples One group rallied behind Sulla and in 88 B.C. he invaded Rome. Following the meeting, residents have rallied to launch the petition, which is opposed to the closure of the two schools. Chapter organizer Jack Kelly rallied 300 people to oppose the new housing at the Land Use Commission's hearing. As a result, the entire campus rallied behind the program. After all, it's hard to rally around a city council or an embattled mayor. The entire world rallied behind this resolution that gives him one last chance. He rallied behind the president-elect and we had a transition that went forward in a smooth way and I think we may be on the lip of such a situation here, not for certain. But when the war came, the majority of these men rallied behind the Union and the Republican administration. When Gomberg passed away in unfortunate circumstances in Halifax last year, the whole community rallied behind his message of hope, love, and green activism. Thanks to those who rallied to raise money to buy the property back, there is now an ongoing effort to create the Thoreau Institute and to restore historic structures on the property. He hopes to rally them all behind his candidacy for chief. What better opportunity for rallying the country behind the President could there have been? Locals have rallied behind the push to start a community bank on the Balmain peninsula with almost 30 people registering their interest so far. Republicans, on the other hand, rallied behind tax cuts. He rallied great popular support for his scheme. A local community has rallied to support an asylum seeker who is facing deportation. We will rally the world to this cause by our efforts, by our courage. But faculty have not rallied behind him previously. Among those who have rallied behind him is a former teacher in a government school at Chattarpur who now takes yoga and meditation classes regularly here. Omar's speech was a desperate move to rally what little support he had left. The campaign was revolutionary in its use of the Internet to raise funds and rally the masses. Maybe a critical mass of Democrats would rally behind the one stable candidate. If the city were to rally behind this worthwhile and important cause and start planning now for a 2005 ride, Cycle For Life could be back in York. The president must rally the country around a clear and credible goal. Community-spirited people and businesses across York are rallying to help a city Scout group rise from the ashes after its building and equipment was destroyed in an arson attack. A grandmother has expressed her gratitude to local people who rallied to raise more than £30,000. But since then other villagers have rallied to support him. We will be out in force to make sure people know what's going on and rallying even more support. This year, Democratic primary voters shut down the nominating process earlier than ever, and rallied behind Kerry. Synonyms come/get together, band together, assemble, group, join, join together, join forces, link (up), combine, unite, ally, collaborate, cooperate, work together, act together, pull together 2Recover or cause to recover in health, spirits, or poise. no object he floundered for a moment, then rallied again with object they rallied her with a drink Example sentencesExamples He remains in a hospital trying to rally from serious head, lung, and rib injuries. To everyone's relief, eventually Wood rallied and recovered. He rallied and was thought to be improving until the early hours of Friday last week when he suffered a severe setback, developing a lung infection and being put on a ventilator in intensive care. There was a time last year when I didn't think for one moment she would still be with us but she rallied and is still going strong. Synonyms recover, improve, get better, pick up, revive, come back, make a comeback, rebound, bounce back, perk up, look up, take a turn for the better, turn the/a corner, be given a new lease of life, take on a new lease of life emerge from something, get over something, shake something off informal come up smiling 2.1 (of share, currency, or commodity prices) increase after a fall. prices of metals have rallied Example sentencesExamples If we are correct, and at some future date the price of gold rallies like the yen did, there will be financial turmoil. After falling to an all-time low of 8p a share, the price has rallied over the past month. At a minimum, there would be a month or two in which consumer and corporate spending would surge and stock prices would rally. HP shares had rallied on the early news of layoffs, but they're slightly slower today. However, the shares rallied later in the day as the market digested the news. 3Drive in a rally. we're driving off to Spain to rally with object he has raced and rallied MGBs for thirty years Example sentencesExamples However, Gareth has rallied in Ireland in recent times, so he is certainly familiar with pace note asphalt rallies. ‘We only started rallying in 2001 and since then we've only ever done five events a year at most,’ admits Myers, who is a sail-maker by profession. He has been rallying for six years and entered the 2004 Safari Rally. ‘We just keep finding the limit,’ said Mark on Friday as he rallied on the island for the first time. The 23-year-old has been rallying for six years, including stints in both Group N Mitsubishi and Fiat Punto Super 1600 cars. nounPlural rallies ˈraliˈræli 1A mass meeting of people making a political protest or showing support for a cause. a banned nationalist rally Example sentencesExamples For example, service members as well as government civilians can attend political meetings or rallies. My activities went from merely attending meetings, rallies, and protests to organizing them. The following is the text of a speech given at an antiwar rally in New York City's Central Park on October 6. Soldiers were positioned at strategic points in the city and at election rallies where huge crowds gathered. Tippe added that the military is also anticipating the likelihood of mass student rallies during the visit. Hundreds of people are expected to turn out today for a mass rally in support of efforts to save the historic Duke of Wellington's Regiment. Her group sends gifts to the troops and holds rallies at Columbia University supporting the war effort. Thousands also attended a protest rally in Castlebar after the opening of the new orthopaedic unit at Mayo General was cancelled. As part of that effort, Tony backed Earth Day, serving as chair of the April 1970 rally in New York City. Speeches from the gigantic demonstration in Melbourne were broadcast on satellite television to union rallies in every city and town. The trend among schools and colleges alike to organise peace rallies and cultural programmes to foster a spirit of cultural and national unity amongst their students is steadily on the uptake. Health workers held lunchtime rallies outside several hospitals, including in London, Birmingham and Sheffield. May Day rallies took place around Australia on the May 1-2 weekend. Activists are holding rallies to raise awareness, urging families to tell schools to keep their personal data private. Deming's vision of leadership centres upon coaching and personal development, not holding mass rallies in town squares. Campaigners for cancer services in the South-East are planning protest rallies after the regional health board abandoned its fight for radiotherapy in the region. We attended meetings and protest rallies during our high school years, and our mother organized a tutoring project for poor children. Last week, health workers carried out protest rallies at Santiago hospitals and clinics. Demonstrations and mass protest rallies in the early 1990s turned into riots in which several hundred were killed and thousands arrested. The Chilean Student Confederation announced plans for mass rallies across the country this Thursday in an escalation of the struggle. Synonyms meeting, mass meeting, gathering, assembly, tweetup demonstration, march, protest march, parade informal get-together, demo 1.1 An open-air event for people who own a particular kind of vehicle. a traction engine rally Example sentencesExamples It was star attraction at an historic vehicle rally at Dudley, West Midlands, yesterday. Over 300 people in 97 vehicles joined in the rally for a weekend of fun and games. This year's historic vehicle rally will be the tenth annual event and takes place at Marley Showground on June 19. Among the exhibits at the rally will be a steam-driven threshing and baling set demonstrated by Johnson's of Banks, near Southport. Martin said police would also be quizzing local golfers at a course near Brinsbury Park, as well as visitors to a vintage vehicle rally at Pulborough. The six-day rally was for vehicles built before 1980. Their numerous annual funding raising events include the vintage rally, the Slieve Bloom walk, a golf classic and Sunflower day and coffee morning. He reckons no one else locally has driven their historic lorry so many miles to attend a vehicle rally. Keighley Bus Museum Trust is hosting its eighth historic vehicle rally, at Marley playing fields. The Kildare Branch of the IWAI is organising the boat rally and the event will mark the beginning of the boating season this year for the inland waterways. The East Lancs Railway will provide the perfect platform for a rally and classic car event later this year. The move comes after two people were hurt when a car crashed into a crowd of spectators during a rally of high-performance vehicles on the Armytage Road Industrial Estate. At least 15 ex-WYRCC vehicles are expected to be involved in the rally, at Keighley Bus Museum Trust's Old Dalton Lane depot, on September 21. Mr Halliwell said the big festival events of last Sunday, such as the SportKarnival and vintage vehicle rally, appeared to be successful. Plenty of carnivalgoers were attracted to the vintage car display and on Sunday there was a commercial vehicle rally. On the final day, a rally of all vehicles will be organised. 2A long-distance race for motor vehicles over public roads or rough terrain, typically in several stages. as modifier a rally driver Example sentencesExamples Cannonball Run Europe is a timed event and therefore classed as a rally not a race. ‘I enjoy the faster rallies more than the slower ones,’ said 28-year-old Märtin. But the Estonian's chances were wrecked by a puncture on the longest stage of the rally, which he had to stop and change. Since then, the young French driver finished the ten rallies in which he took part, winning four of them, and scored podium points on four other occasions. Rowlands freely admits he feels inexperienced on tarmac rallies and that he is still on a steep learning curve. He only encountered a problem on the penultimate stage of the rally, when his gearbox seized. I've never seen a rally race route through a city, but TGR makes it look good. Schumacher takes on rally drivers in Race of Champions on BBC The rally consisted of 22 stages run over 3 days in mainly dry conditions. Amazingly, although set up to tackle the roughest rally terrain in the world, the Group B cars could race on a track as well. It is a happy medium between the two featuring rally road races, closed circuits and other challenging environments. After his roll on the Astra Stages rally, Colin Hope had rebuilt his Nova for this event. After Sardinia, Cyprus and Turkey, the long tour of Mediterranean gravel rallies that kicked off at the beginning of April will end over the sun-baked tracks of central Greece. Antoine Bessette lost his rear wing in the closing laps of the race, but the former rally driver kept firm control of his car and finished in eighth. ‘This rally is the best of the rough rallies we do,’ said the 30-year-old Finn. The car has been faultless on all three rallies, and Geoff is giving me a huge amount of confidence in the car and in my own performances. Solberg set the pace for the first two days of the rally, winning five stages in a row. Like the other two hot gravel rallies, the start order on the opening day is important because there will be loose gravel on the surface which is a big handicap for the first cars. They will also continue to compete in historic road rallies. Of the three hot, rough rallies in Cyprus, Greece and Turkey, this is the best from a drivers' view. 3A quick or marked recovery after a decline. the market staged a late rally Example sentencesExamples If it is quick, cheap and decisive, we should see a rally of sorts, but if it is long, expensive and messy, financial markets can kiss any putative 2003 recovery goodbye. Now comes not a rally in the dollar but a decline that some are describing as the start of a decisive, massive and epochal shift of support away from the currency - and from America. The consensus view may be that a slowing economy explains the bond rally, but I remain quite skeptical. Some analysts suggest the dollar rally may be overdone, raising prospects of a euro recovery in the months ahead. Contributing to the two-month rally in gold prices was a decline in sales of borrowed gold by producers, analysts said. A continuing stock market rally and rapidly recovering economy would not be favorable developments for this vulnerable financial Bubble. The move also raised worries that the rally could stall Europe's economic recovery. Despite the lower valuation of the company, technology shares in Europe recovered from early loss to resume a recent rally. Markets are unpredictable, and even the smartest market watchers can't predict sudden rallies and declines. But the doubts about the strength of recovery have been sufficiently strong as to help a rally in the UK fixed interest market and a fall in fixed interest yields. Yet most analysts of the Indonesian economy agree that a consumption rally alone can't sustain recovery. Overall, Bedford thinks a mild rally this past fall will probably be followed by another marked drop in share prices. Dealers said the dollar's rise was in response to the rally in New York stock prices and the continuing decline on the Tokyo stock market Thursday. The dollar has advanced 1.9 percent during the three-week rally, trimming its decline to 11.8 percent in the year. And there is his basic and perhaps rather obvious point that the decline of civilisations proceeds in a serious of routs and rallies. Of course, the market is not immune to the domestic economy and its recent rally is partly explained by a brighter outlook for interest rates. It suggests the possibility of gaining a similar result over a future time period made up of bear market declines and bullish rallies. Bulk alloy prices have halted their free fall and are showing some signs of recovery, although few people expect a major rally. Short-lived rallies followed by drift and decline are likely to be the order of the day for 2003. Still, the Fed isn't done stimulating the economy and the rallies in bonds and stocks suggest investors agree. Synonyms recovery, upturn, improvement, revival, comeback, rebound, resurgence, renewal, a turn for the better, reaction technical dead cat bounce 4(in tennis and other racket sports) an extended exchange of strokes between players. a rally of more than three strokes was a rarity Example sentencesExamples Once in a while a tennis match will reach its climax with both players convinced they are going to win until the last stroke of the last rally. With his ability to abbreviate his backswing and his penchant for quick rallies, Wimbledon offers him more opportunity. When he was 10, he worked as a ball boy at a seniors' tournament, giving him the chance to hit a few rallies with John McEnroe. I like the back-and-forth sound in tennis of two good players having a long rally or even just warming up. This resulted in a complete lack of rhythm and short rallies punctuated by frequent drop shots. Derivatives rallier noun Security forces fired water cannon and tear gas at protesters after ralliers refused to halt a demonstration in front of parliament. Example sentencesExamples There they chanted, waved signs, and otherwise expressed their political views to any ralliers who happened to be dreadfully lost. And the marchers, the ralliers, have been very vocal in their support of the president. Protesters and ralliers lobbying for free tuition clashed with hundreds of riot cops in Quebec City outside of Quebec's main parliamentary building on Tuesday, February 18. ‘'I thought he was a good ol’ boy,’ the Iowa native told the ralliers about why he voted for him in 2000. rallyist noun ˈralɪɪstˈræliɪst 1A person who competes in a motor rally. as other rallyists sped on, he was delayed considerably Example sentencesExamples A spectator observed that the rallyists dispensed with helmets because they wanted to show off their paper caps that had the club's logo. But as rallyists, they never seem to catch the gimmicks while they're actually running a rallye. Before you accuse us of being gender-biased, we acknowledge there are excellent women racers and rallyists. the rallyists shouted slogans 2A participant in a mass meeting, particularly a political protest. Origin Early 17th century (in the sense 'bring together again'): from French rallier, from re- 'again' + allier 'to ally'. Rhymes Ali, alley, Allie, Ally, bally, dally, dilly-dally, farfalle, galley, Halley, mallee, Mexicali, pally, Raleigh, reveille, sally, tally, valley rally² verbrallies, rallied, rallying ˈraliˈræli [with object]archaic Subject (someone) to good-humoured ridicule; tease. he rallied her on the length of her pigtail Origin Mid 17th century: from French railler 'to rib, tease' (see rail²). verb.1 verb.2 rally¹ verbˈræliˈralē [no object] 1(of troops) come together again in order to continue fighting after a defeat or dispersion. De Montfort's troops rallied and drove back the king's infantry Example sentencesExamples He lost half of his new fleet; but his troops rallied and in turn defeated the rebels. But the French Army rallied, the enemy was driven back and the borders of Revolutionary France began to expand. The Trojans rally again and continue to push onward. It is almost unheard of for beaten troops to rally and charge again, as happened at Solygea in 425. Freeman's troops rallied, held the Chinese off and miraculously survived. At one point US First Army commander Omar Bradley considered evacuating the beach and taking his men to one of the others, but eventually the troops rallied and fought their way inland. Hundreds of members of his army rallied in the streets on Saturday, carrying arms and chanting slogans of support for him. Synonyms reassemble, regroup, re-form, reunite, gather together again, get together again 1.1with object Bring together (forces) again in order to continue fighting. the king escaped to Perth to rally his own forces Example sentencesExamples In the ensuing attempt, Dunbar survives and rallies the Union troops to win the battle. If anything, he argued, the soldiers would need a strategist and a symbol of hope to rally them towards victory. The Assistant Division Commander of the 29 th Infantry was trying to rally his men, who were pinned down on the beaches by heavy German fire. If things go badly, you can quickly move to rally shaken leaders and units. Nearby, in a path between the mountains, the general of the Imperial army was rallying her troops. The French failed to rally all non-Communist forces behind the weak Bao Dai, while their tanks and superior equipment made little headway in jungle warfare. Temujin now rallies the tribes for a desperate attack on Urga. Kourin ran up to him and they exchanged quick nods as Regnor continued to rally his troops. Instead, he had sent Afan on to rally the forces left in Nottingham to move out and meet Arthur in battle once more. Despite the relentless Mamluk pressure, Kitbuqa continued to rally his men. Edmund rallied his forces, and for a little while it seemed that the Danes might still be driven back. He himself appeared in Sukhumi in a steel helmet, trying to rally his forces at the last moment, and only escaped by the skin of his teeth. Microsoft, on the other hand, is playing its same old strategies and strengths - rallying an entire community around it. Synonyms muster, marshal, mobilize, raise, call up, call to arms, recruit, enlist, conscript, draft 1.2 Assemble in a mass meeting. up to 50,000 people rallied in the city center Example sentencesExamples In the northern city of Salta, striking bus drivers mobilized and rallied at City Hall, demanding three months unpaid wages. Hundreds of striking council workers rallied at a mass meeting in York today as their actions hit city centre tourists, shoppers and motorists. Several thousand rallied at an early march in the south-western city of Toulouse. The seething masses, still reeling, rallied and demanded a debate in the Commons. Over a quarter of a million marched in London, and tens of thousands more rallied in other cities in Britain and Scotland. In the meantime, citizens are rallying in the piazzas, collecting signatures and marching around buildings. Railway staff from Bangalore and outlying towns, such as Kirandul and Koraput, rallied near the main city station. In Philadelphia, for example, students rallied at the Liberty Bell where they dressed up like the founding fathers for a dramatic reading of the Declaration. In the United States, demonstrators rallied in several cities, both for and against the war. The protesters, who rallied near the Assembly building in downtown San Jose, confronted hundreds of police. The tension over the future of the company increased last week when 200 of the town's population of 3,000 rallied in support of the sacked workers. More than 700 people rallied in Hobart on July 15 to save Ralphs Bay in the Derwent estuary from a huge canal and housing development. Hundreds of teachers marched and rallied in the cities of Salta and Oran, supported by parents and other workers. In the US, demonstrators rallied in several cities, both for and against the war. In Hobart, capital of the island state Tasmania, 500 students from a dozen different schools rallied in the city's Franklin Square. Synonyms gather, accumulate, collect, assemble, amass, muster, marshal, organize, round up, garner, harvest 1.3 Bring or come together in order to support a person or cause or for concerted action. with object a series of meetings to rally support for the union no object conservatives in the GOP rallied behind Goldwater Example sentencesExamples Omar's speech was a desperate move to rally what little support he had left. Republicans, on the other hand, rallied behind tax cuts. He hopes to rally them all behind his candidacy for chief. What better opportunity for rallying the country behind the President could there have been? Maybe a critical mass of Democrats would rally behind the one stable candidate. He rallied behind the president-elect and we had a transition that went forward in a smooth way and I think we may be on the lip of such a situation here, not for certain. A local community has rallied to support an asylum seeker who is facing deportation. The campaign was revolutionary in its use of the Internet to raise funds and rally the masses. Thanks to those who rallied to raise money to buy the property back, there is now an ongoing effort to create the Thoreau Institute and to restore historic structures on the property. After all, it's hard to rally around a city council or an embattled mayor. When Gomberg passed away in unfortunate circumstances in Halifax last year, the whole community rallied behind his message of hope, love, and green activism. A grandmother has expressed her gratitude to local people who rallied to raise more than £30,000. But when the war came, the majority of these men rallied behind the Union and the Republican administration. He rallied great popular support for his scheme. The president must rally the country around a clear and credible goal. We will be out in force to make sure people know what's going on and rallying even more support. Following the meeting, residents have rallied to launch the petition, which is opposed to the closure of the two schools. This year, Democratic primary voters shut down the nominating process earlier than ever, and rallied behind Kerry. The entire world rallied behind this resolution that gives him one last chance. As a result, the entire campus rallied behind the program. If the city were to rally behind this worthwhile and important cause and start planning now for a 2005 ride, Cycle For Life could be back in York. But since then other villagers have rallied to support him. Locals have rallied behind the push to start a community bank on the Balmain peninsula with almost 30 people registering their interest so far. We will rally the world to this cause by our efforts, by our courage. But faculty have not rallied behind him previously. Community-spirited people and businesses across York are rallying to help a city Scout group rise from the ashes after its building and equipment was destroyed in an arson attack. Chapter organizer Jack Kelly rallied 300 people to oppose the new housing at the Land Use Commission's hearing. One group rallied behind Sulla and in 88 B.C. he invaded Rome. Among those who have rallied behind him is a former teacher in a government school at Chattarpur who now takes yoga and meditation classes regularly here. Synonyms come together, get together, band together, assemble, group, join, join together, join forces, link, link up, combine, unite, ally, collaborate, cooperate, work together, act together, pull together 2Recover or cause to recover in health, spirits, or poise. no object she floundered for a moment, then rallied again with object they rallied her with a drink Example sentencesExamples To everyone's relief, eventually Wood rallied and recovered. There was a time last year when I didn't think for one moment she would still be with us but she rallied and is still going strong. He rallied and was thought to be improving until the early hours of Friday last week when he suffered a severe setback, developing a lung infection and being put on a ventilator in intensive care. He remains in a hospital trying to rally from serious head, lung, and rib injuries. Synonyms recover, improve, get better, pick up, revive, come back, make a comeback, rebound, bounce back, perk up, look up, take a turn for the better, turn a corner, turn the corner, be given a new lease of life, take on a new lease of life 2.1 (of share, currency, or commodity prices) increase after a fall. prices of metals such as aluminum and copper have rallied Example sentencesExamples However, the shares rallied later in the day as the market digested the news. If we are correct, and at some future date the price of gold rallies like the yen did, there will be financial turmoil. HP shares had rallied on the early news of layoffs, but they're slightly slower today. At a minimum, there would be a month or two in which consumer and corporate spending would surge and stock prices would rally. After falling to an all-time low of 8p a share, the price has rallied over the past month. 3Drive in a rally. Example sentencesExamples The 23-year-old has been rallying for six years, including stints in both Group N Mitsubishi and Fiat Punto Super 1600 cars. He has been rallying for six years and entered the 2004 Safari Rally. ‘We just keep finding the limit,’ said Mark on Friday as he rallied on the island for the first time. However, Gareth has rallied in Ireland in recent times, so he is certainly familiar with pace note asphalt rallies. ‘We only started rallying in 2001 and since then we've only ever done five events a year at most,’ admits Myers, who is a sail-maker by profession. 3.1 (in tennis and other racket sports) engage in a rally. nounˈræliˈralē 1A mass meeting of people making a political protest or showing support for a cause. a rally attended by around 100,000 people Example sentencesExamples Health workers held lunchtime rallies outside several hospitals, including in London, Birmingham and Sheffield. For example, service members as well as government civilians can attend political meetings or rallies. Thousands also attended a protest rally in Castlebar after the opening of the new orthopaedic unit at Mayo General was cancelled. Her group sends gifts to the troops and holds rallies at Columbia University supporting the war effort. The trend among schools and colleges alike to organise peace rallies and cultural programmes to foster a spirit of cultural and national unity amongst their students is steadily on the uptake. The Chilean Student Confederation announced plans for mass rallies across the country this Thursday in an escalation of the struggle. Campaigners for cancer services in the South-East are planning protest rallies after the regional health board abandoned its fight for radiotherapy in the region. As part of that effort, Tony backed Earth Day, serving as chair of the April 1970 rally in New York City. Soldiers were positioned at strategic points in the city and at election rallies where huge crowds gathered. My activities went from merely attending meetings, rallies, and protests to organizing them. Demonstrations and mass protest rallies in the early 1990s turned into riots in which several hundred were killed and thousands arrested. We attended meetings and protest rallies during our high school years, and our mother organized a tutoring project for poor children. The following is the text of a speech given at an antiwar rally in New York City's Central Park on October 6. Last week, health workers carried out protest rallies at Santiago hospitals and clinics. Deming's vision of leadership centres upon coaching and personal development, not holding mass rallies in town squares. Speeches from the gigantic demonstration in Melbourne were broadcast on satellite television to union rallies in every city and town. Activists are holding rallies to raise awareness, urging families to tell schools to keep their personal data private. Tippe added that the military is also anticipating the likelihood of mass student rallies during the visit. May Day rallies took place around Australia on the May 1-2 weekend. Hundreds of people are expected to turn out today for a mass rally in support of efforts to save the historic Duke of Wellington's Regiment. Synonyms meeting, mass meeting, gathering, assembly, tweetup 1.1 An open-air event for people who own a particular kind of vehicle. a traction engine rally Example sentencesExamples Keighley Bus Museum Trust is hosting its eighth historic vehicle rally, at Marley playing fields. The East Lancs Railway will provide the perfect platform for a rally and classic car event later this year. At least 15 ex-WYRCC vehicles are expected to be involved in the rally, at Keighley Bus Museum Trust's Old Dalton Lane depot, on September 21. It was star attraction at an historic vehicle rally at Dudley, West Midlands, yesterday. Over 300 people in 97 vehicles joined in the rally for a weekend of fun and games. Martin said police would also be quizzing local golfers at a course near Brinsbury Park, as well as visitors to a vintage vehicle rally at Pulborough. The six-day rally was for vehicles built before 1980. The Kildare Branch of the IWAI is organising the boat rally and the event will mark the beginning of the boating season this year for the inland waterways. This year's historic vehicle rally will be the tenth annual event and takes place at Marley Showground on June 19. Mr Halliwell said the big festival events of last Sunday, such as the SportKarnival and vintage vehicle rally, appeared to be successful. He reckons no one else locally has driven their historic lorry so many miles to attend a vehicle rally. Plenty of carnivalgoers were attracted to the vintage car display and on Sunday there was a commercial vehicle rally. On the final day, a rally of all vehicles will be organised. Their numerous annual funding raising events include the vintage rally, the Slieve Bloom walk, a golf classic and Sunflower day and coffee morning. The move comes after two people were hurt when a car crashed into a crowd of spectators during a rally of high-performance vehicles on the Armytage Road Industrial Estate. Among the exhibits at the rally will be a steam-driven threshing and baling set demonstrated by Johnson's of Banks, near Southport. 2also rallyeA competition for motor vehicles in which they are driven a long distance over public roads or rough terrain, typically in stages and through checkpoints. as modifier a rally driver Example sentencesExamples The car has been faultless on all three rallies, and Geoff is giving me a huge amount of confidence in the car and in my own performances. ‘This rally is the best of the rough rallies we do,’ said the 30-year-old Finn. After Sardinia, Cyprus and Turkey, the long tour of Mediterranean gravel rallies that kicked off at the beginning of April will end over the sun-baked tracks of central Greece. Like the other two hot gravel rallies, the start order on the opening day is important because there will be loose gravel on the surface which is a big handicap for the first cars. But the Estonian's chances were wrecked by a puncture on the longest stage of the rally, which he had to stop and change. Antoine Bessette lost his rear wing in the closing laps of the race, but the former rally driver kept firm control of his car and finished in eighth. Since then, the young French driver finished the ten rallies in which he took part, winning four of them, and scored podium points on four other occasions. Amazingly, although set up to tackle the roughest rally terrain in the world, the Group B cars could race on a track as well. I've never seen a rally race route through a city, but TGR makes it look good. He only encountered a problem on the penultimate stage of the rally, when his gearbox seized. Of the three hot, rough rallies in Cyprus, Greece and Turkey, this is the best from a drivers' view. ‘I enjoy the faster rallies more than the slower ones,’ said 28-year-old Märtin. Cannonball Run Europe is a timed event and therefore classed as a rally not a race. Schumacher takes on rally drivers in Race of Champions on BBC After his roll on the Astra Stages rally, Colin Hope had rebuilt his Nova for this event. They will also continue to compete in historic road rallies. Rowlands freely admits he feels inexperienced on tarmac rallies and that he is still on a steep learning curve. The rally consisted of 22 stages run over 3 days in mainly dry conditions. It is a happy medium between the two featuring rally road races, closed circuits and other challenging environments. Solberg set the pace for the first two days of the rally, winning five stages in a row. 3A quick or marked recovery after a reverse or a period of weakness. the market staged a late rally Example sentencesExamples But the doubts about the strength of recovery have been sufficiently strong as to help a rally in the UK fixed interest market and a fall in fixed interest yields. And there is his basic and perhaps rather obvious point that the decline of civilisations proceeds in a serious of routs and rallies. Contributing to the two-month rally in gold prices was a decline in sales of borrowed gold by producers, analysts said. Now comes not a rally in the dollar but a decline that some are describing as the start of a decisive, massive and epochal shift of support away from the currency - and from America. Still, the Fed isn't done stimulating the economy and the rallies in bonds and stocks suggest investors agree. Some analysts suggest the dollar rally may be overdone, raising prospects of a euro recovery in the months ahead. The dollar has advanced 1.9 percent during the three-week rally, trimming its decline to 11.8 percent in the year. The move also raised worries that the rally could stall Europe's economic recovery. Markets are unpredictable, and even the smartest market watchers can't predict sudden rallies and declines. Overall, Bedford thinks a mild rally this past fall will probably be followed by another marked drop in share prices. Bulk alloy prices have halted their free fall and are showing some signs of recovery, although few people expect a major rally. Despite the lower valuation of the company, technology shares in Europe recovered from early loss to resume a recent rally. Of course, the market is not immune to the domestic economy and its recent rally is partly explained by a brighter outlook for interest rates. The consensus view may be that a slowing economy explains the bond rally, but I remain quite skeptical. Short-lived rallies followed by drift and decline are likely to be the order of the day for 2003. If it is quick, cheap and decisive, we should see a rally of sorts, but if it is long, expensive and messy, financial markets can kiss any putative 2003 recovery goodbye. It suggests the possibility of gaining a similar result over a future time period made up of bear market declines and bullish rallies. A continuing stock market rally and rapidly recovering economy would not be favorable developments for this vulnerable financial Bubble. Yet most analysts of the Indonesian economy agree that a consumption rally alone can't sustain recovery. Dealers said the dollar's rise was in response to the rally in New York stock prices and the continuing decline on the Tokyo stock market Thursday. Synonyms recovery, upturn, improvement, revival, comeback, rebound, resurgence, renewal, a turn for the better, reaction 3.1 (in baseball and football) a renewed or sustained offensive, usually by the losing team, that ties or wins the game. Example sentencesExamples Another intense rally opens the third game of the set and the American just sneaks the point. Ardmoy led by eight points at the interval but a spirited second half rally by the home team saw them snatch a dramatic victory in the closing stages. Kildare did not deserve to lose after that second-half rally. Cabrera didn't get the ball out of the infield, the rally died and the team lost. The current lineup can't consistently sustain rallies or show discipline at the plate. 4(in tennis and other racket sports) an extended exchange of strokes between players. Example sentencesExamples With his ability to abbreviate his backswing and his penchant for quick rallies, Wimbledon offers him more opportunity. Once in a while a tennis match will reach its climax with both players convinced they are going to win until the last stroke of the last rally. This resulted in a complete lack of rhythm and short rallies punctuated by frequent drop shots. I like the back-and-forth sound in tennis of two good players having a long rally or even just warming up. When he was 10, he worked as a ball boy at a seniors' tournament, giving him the chance to hit a few rallies with John McEnroe. Origin Early 17th century (in the sense ‘bring together again’): from French rallier, from re- ‘again’ + allier ‘to ally’. rally² verbˈræliˈralē [with object]archaic Subject (someone) to good-humored ridicule; tease. he rallied her on the length of her pigtail Origin Mid 17th century: from French railler ‘to rib, tease’ (see rail). verb.1 verb.2
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