Betekenis van rally In het Nederlands

• 0 a public meeting of a large group of people, especially supporters of a particular opinion:

  • 5,000 people held an anti-nuclear rally.

  • an election/campaign rally

• 1 a car or motorcycle race, especially over long distances on public roads:

  • The French driver has taken the lead in the Paris-Dakar rally.

• 2 a continuous exchange of hits between players in tennis, squash or badminton

• 3 an improvement:

  • Share prices fell again today after yesterday's rally.

• 4 to (cause to) come together in order to provide support or make a shared effort:

  • Supporters/Opponents of the new shopping development are trying to rally local people in favour of/against it.

  • The president has called on the people to rally to/behind the government.

  • [ + obj + to infinitive ] The general rallied his forces to defend the town.

  • "Workers of the world unite!" was their rallying cry/call (= a phrase said to encourage support).

• 5 to return to a better condition:

  • The nurse said my mother had rallied after a poor night.

  • The team played badly in the first half of the game but rallied in the second.

  • The pound rallied against the dollar in trading today.

• 6 a public meeting of a large group of people, esp. to show support for a particular opinion, political party, or sports team:

  • He helped organize the first national rally against the war.

• 7 In baseball, a rally is a period during which a team scores a lot of runs (= points), esp. when it has been losing.

• 8 to return or bring to a better condition; improve or cause to succeed:

  • [ I ] Cleveland rallied in the fourth quarter to beat Washington, 111-102.

  • [ I ] The dollar rallied against the yen in trading today.

• 9 to bring or come together in order to provide support or make a shared effort:

  • [ I ] African-American groups rallied around the president when he was under attack.

• 10 a sudden increase in share prices after a period when they have been falling or there has been low activity:

  • a rally in sth The shares of gold mining companies were boosted by a rally in bullion prices.

  • spark/cause/trigger a rally News of the retail industry's first-quarter profits triggered a rally in share prices.

  • stage/enjoy a rally Major oil producers staged a rally despite weaker prices for crude oil.

  • a powerful/sharp/strong rally After a powerful rally last year, stocks have languished for the first quarter of this year.

  • a market/price/stock rally

  • a brief/late/early rally

• 11 a large public meeting where a lot of people show their support for something:

  • attend/hold a rally The anti-war rally was attended by around 5,000 people.

  • speak at/address a rally

  • a campaign/political/protest rally

  • an election rally

• 12 to improve after a period of falling share prices or of low activity :

  • The company's stocks rallied after an initial fall.

  • rally against sth The pound rallied against the dollar in trading today.

  • rally from/to sth Shares in the retailer rallied to 257p after dropping to 230p last month.

  • rally (by) 10 points/20%/1p, etc. The Nasdaq rallied 41% to hit 2313.85.

  • rally sharply/strongly