<p><strong>Verb (used with object)</strong></p><ul><li>to bring into order again; gather and organize or inspire anew: The general rallied his scattered army.</li><li>Synonyms: muster</li><li>to draw or call (persons) together for a common action or effort: He rallied his friends to help him.</li><li>Synonyms: unite, join, group, assemble</li><li>to concentrate or revive, as one's strength, spirits, etc.: They rallied their energies for the counterattack.</li><li>Synonyms: reanimate</li></ul><p><strong>Verb (used without object)</strong></p><ul><li>to come together for common action or effort: The disunited party rallied in time for the election campaign.</li><li>Synonyms: cooperate, collaborate, ally</li><li>to come together or into order again: The captain ordered his small force to rally at the next stream.</li><li>Synonyms: revive, recuperate, recover, rebound, improve, reorganize, re-form, regroup</li><li>to come to the assistance of a person, party, or cause (often followed by to or around): to rally around a political candidate.</li><li>to recover partially from illness: He spent a bad night but began to rally by morning.</li><li>to find renewed strength or vigor: The runner seemed to be rallying for a final sprint.</li><li>Finance: (of securities) to rise sharply in price after a drop.</li><li>(of the persons forming a stock market) to begin to trade with increased activity after a slow period.</li><li>(in tennis, badminton, etc.) to engage in a rally.</li><li>to participate in a long-distance automobile race.</li><li>Baseball: (of a team) to score one or more runs in one inning.</li></ul><p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>a recovery from dispersion or disorder, as of troops.</li><li>a renewal or recovery of strength, activity, etc.</li><li>a partial recovery of strength during illness.</li><li>a drawing or coming together of persons, as for common action, as in a mass meeting: A political rally that brought together hundreds of the faithful.</li><li>a get-together of hobbyists or other like-minded enthusiasts, primarily to meet and socialize.</li><li>Finance: a sharp rise in price or active trading after a declining market.</li><li>(in tennis, badminton, etc.) an exchange of strokes between players before a point is scored.</li><li>the hitting of the ball back and forth prior to the start of a match.</li><li>Boxing: an exchange of blows.</li><li>Baseball: the scoring of one or more runs in one inning.</li><li>British Theater: a quickening of pace for heightening the dramatic effect in a scene or act.</li><li>Shipbuilding: a series of blows with battering rams, made in order to drive wedges under a hull to raise it prior to launching.</li><li>Also rallye: a long-distance automobile race, especially for sports cars, held over public roads unfamiliar to the drivers, with numerous checkpoints along the route.</li></ul>