RALLY (rallied)

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Irregular inflected form: rallied   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does rally mean? 

• RALLY (noun)
  The noun RALLY has 5 senses:

1. a large gathering of people intended to arouse enthusiasm

2. the feat of mustering strength for a renewed effort

3. a marked recovery of strength or spirits during an illness

4. an automobile race run over public roads

5. (sports) an unbroken sequence of several successive strokes

  Familiarity information: RALLY used as a noun is common.

• RALLY (verb)
  The verb RALLY has 5 senses:

1. gather

2. call to arms; of military personnel

3. gather or bring together

4. return to a former condition

5. harass with persistent criticism or carping

  Familiarity information: RALLY used as a verb is common.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RALLY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A large gathering of people intended to arouse enthusiasm

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

mass meeting; rally

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 2

Meaning:

The feat of mustering strength for a renewed effort

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

rally; rallying

Context example:

he feared the rallying of their troops for a counterattack

Hypernyms ("rally" is a kind of...):

effort; exploit; feat (a notable achievement)

Derivation:

rally (gather or bring together)

Sense 3

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)

Sense 4

Meaning:

An automobile race run over public roads

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("rally" is a kind of...):

auto race; automobile race; car race (a race between (usually high-performance) automobiles)

Sense 5

Meaning:

(sports) an unbroken sequence of several successive strokes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

exchange; rally

Context example:

after a short rally Connors won the point

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)

• RALLY (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they rally    ... he / she / it rallies   
Past simple: rallied   
Past participle: rallied   
-ing form: rallying   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Gather

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

beat up; drum up; rally

Context example:

drum up support

Hypernyms (to "rally" is one way to...):

collect; pull in (get or bring together)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Sense 2

Meaning:

Call to arms; of military personnel

Classified under:

Verbs of fighting, athletic activities

Synonyms:

call up; mobilise; mobilize; rally

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 3

Meaning:

Gather or bring together

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

come up; muster; muster up; rally; summon

Context example:

Summon all your courage

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 4

Meaning:

Return to a former condition

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

rally; rebound

Context example:

The stock market rallied

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 5

Meaning:

Harass with persistent criticism or carping

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

bait; cod; rag; rally; razz; ride; tantalise; tantalize; taunt; tease; twit

Context example:

His fellow workers razzed him when he wore a jacket and tie

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

 Context examples 

Arthur's presence, however, seemed to act as a stimulant; she rallied a little, and spoke to him more brightly than she had done since we arrived.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

Are there none left to rally round us?

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

If it comes to a rally I should hold my own, and I should have the better of him at a throw.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

My spirits rallied with the morning, and I felt that I had still a motive for remaining here.

(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)

Miss Crawford, rallying her spirits, and recovering her complexion, replied only, “If I had known this before, I would have spoken of the cloth with more respect,” and turned the subject.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

When I attended the king after my recovery, to return him thanks for his favours, he was pleased to rally me a good deal upon this adventure.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)

Mrs. Gardiner then rallied her niece on Wickham's desertion, and complimented her on bearing it so well.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

Then with a grand effort she rallied from the shock, and a supreme astonishment and indignation chased every other expression from her features.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The Sun in your sign will strengthen your sense of purpose and authority, making it easier for you to rally the troops and increase productivity.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Mrs. Reed soon rallied her spirits: she shook me most soundly, she boxed both my ears, and then left me without a word.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)