rallying
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4.7
- noun
- /ˈræl.i.ɪŋ/
:
movilización
- The charity event served as a rallying for volunteers committed to helping the homeless.
- rallying cry
- rallying point
- rallying call
And then you go to these Trump boat rallies and there's Trump flags and Nazi flags.
- And then you go to these Trump boat rallies and there's Trump flags and Nazi flags.
- He has this long history of rallying as much as he can the black and brown vote from his time in Texas as a local politician.
Examples
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This film is a rallying cry.
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Nation before self, this could be a rallying cry as you go towards your political goal.
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Nobody knows, but it was the rallying cry of the Free Soil movement.
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There were four main rallying points for demonstrators throughout the city.
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Like the wage gap, this has become a rallying cry for advocates of preference programs for women.
Academic text (1996) -
Recently, however, federalism has become a rallying cry for resurgent conservatives in Congress and state government.
Academic text (1995) -
Their plight served as an important rallying cry to justify the invasion of Algeria in 1830.
Academic text (2004) -
The Communications Decency Act is passed to regulate Internet obscenity; it becomes a rallying point for cyber-libertarians.
Academic text (2003) -
The community gathered for a rallying of support for the new conservation project.
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After the team's loss, the coach called for a rallying to boost morale before their next game.
Synonyms
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3.5
A time when people or groups join to work together
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1.4
An act of collecting people or things into one place
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6.7
Organizing people and supplies for action in a crisis
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3.7
Brings people or things together into one group
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6.6
A group of people gathered for a common purpose, like at a meeting
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3.4
A large public gathering where people meet to support or protest a cause
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3.9
An act of bringing people together for a meeting or discussion
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4.2
Bringing people together for a meeting
People coming together in one place for a common purpose
Antonyms
Compounds
How Organized
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6.7
∞
2.7
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4.7
162
2.5
203
1.0
- Texting
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3.5
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Rallying comes from an old French word meaning 'to bring back together' and is related to ally ('a friend or partner'). So a rallying is the act of gathering people or resources to support something or to recover after a setback.