Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - rally
Rally
rally
1. v. & n. --v. (-ies, -ied) 1 tr. & intr. (often foll. by round, behind, to) bring or come together as support or for concentrated action. 2 tr. & intr. bring or come together again after a rout or dispersion. 3 a intr. renew a conflict. b tr. cause to do this. 4 a tr. revive (courage etc.) by an effort of will. b tr. rouse (a person or animal) to fresh energy. c intr. pull oneself together. 5 intr. recover after illness or prostration or fear, regain health or consciousness, revive. 6 intr. (of share-prices etc.) increase after a fall. --n. (pl. -ies) 1 an act of reassembling forces or renewing conflict; a reunion for fresh effort. 2 a recovery of energy after or in the middle of exhaustion or illness. 3 a mass meeting of supporters or persons having a common interest. 4 a competition for motor vehicles, usu. over public roads. 5 (in lawn tennis etc.) an extended exchange of strokes between players. Phrases and idioms rally-cross motor racing over roads and cross-country. Derivatives rallier n. Etymology: F rallier (as RE-, ALLY(1)) 2. v.tr. (-ies, -ied) subject to good-humoured ridicule. Etymology: F railler: see RAIL(2)
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I. verb (rallied; ~ing) see: ally Date: 1603 transitive verb 1. to muster for a common purpose, to recall to order, 2. to arouse for action, to rouse from depression or weakness, intransitive verb to come together again to renew an effort, to join in a common cause, recover, rebound , to engage in a ~, II. noun (plural rallies) Date: 1651 1. a mustering of scattered forces to renew an effort, a summoning up of strength or courage after weakness or dejection, a recovery of price after a decline, a renewed offensive, a mass meeting intended to arouse group enthusiasm, a series of shots interchanged between players (as in tennis) before a point is won, an automobile competition using public roads and ordinary traffic rules with the object of maintaining a specified average speed between checkpoints over a route unknown to the participants until the start of the event, III. transitive verb (rallied; ~ing) see: rail Date: 1668 to attack with raillery ; banter ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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