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# rally

«rally» in Mova's school dictionary: **a big public meeting where many people gather to support…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a rally, rallies); verb (rally, rallies, rallied, rallying)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A rally is a big public meeting where many people gather to support or protest about something. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rally/#m1)

2) A rally is a car race on ordinary or rough roads, often in stages. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rally/#m2)

3) In tennis, badminton or table tennis, a rally is a series of hits back and forth before a point is won. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rally/#m3)

4) (verb) To rally means to come together, or bring people together, to support someone or something. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rally/#m4)

5) (verb) To rally means to recover strength, as when a sick person or a losing team gets better. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rally/#m5)

6) To rally someone means to tease them in a friendly, joking way. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rally/#m6)

### sense in the lessons

In citizenship lessons, rallies are a peaceful way for people to show what they believe. In PE, pupils try to keep a long rally going in badminton. In sport stories, a team that «rallied» came back from behind. In money news, prices «rally» when they go up after falling. Phrases: «hold a rally», «rally round», «rally driver», «rally support».

### examples

- Thousands of people went to the climate rally. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rally/#x1)
- The rally drivers raced through the forest. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rally/#x2)
- We had a twenty-shot rally in table tennis. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rally/#x3)
- Friends rallied round when Mum was in hospital. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rally/#x4)
- Our team rallied in the second half and won. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rally/#x5)
- Grandpa was very ill, but he has rallied. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rally/#x6)
- The candidate gave a speech at the rally. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rally/#x7)
- Nobody went to bed, but all passed the night in rallying and joking with each other. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rally/#x8)

### note

Plural noun: rallies. Verb: rallied, rallying (y to ie before -ed and -s). «Rally round» (UK) means to help someone in trouble together.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «rally» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rally/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.