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Rallying Point

Definition: Rallying Point

Rallying Point

Noun

1. A point or principle on which scattered or opposing groups can come together.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Synonyms within Context: Rallying Point

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Focus

Noun: focus; point of convergence; corradiation; center; gathering place, resort haunt retreat; venue; rendezvous; rallying point, headquarters, home, club; depot; (store); trysting place; place of meeting, place of resort, place of assignation; point de reunion; issue.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Rallying Point

Specialty definitions using "rallying point": ASQUITH. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Rallying Point

DomainTitle

Books

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Non-Fiction Usage: Rallying Point

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Economic History

Libya

In the late 1980s, Qadhafi began to pursue an anti-Islamic fundamentalist policy domestically, viewing fundamentalism as a potential rallying point for opponents of the regime. (references)

Greece

During the centuries of Ottoman domination, the Greek Orthodox Church preserved Greek language, values, and national identity and was an important rallying point in the struggle for independence. (references)

Saudi Arabia

Acting as a rallying point and personal spokesman for the coalition, King Fahd helped bring together his nation's GCC allies, Western allies, and Arab allies, as well as nonaligned nations from Africa and the emerging democracies of eastern Europe. (references)

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Rallying Point

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

rallying point

4
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Modern Translation: Rallying Point

Language Translations for "rallying point"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

German

  

sammelplatz (assembly point, meeting place). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

gyülekezési hely (concourse), gyülekezőhely (receptacle, rendezvous). (various references)

   

Italian

  

punto di raduno. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

allyingray ointpay

   

Thai

  

คนหรือเหตุการ"์ที่ทำให้ผู้คนมารวมตัวกันสนับสนุนบางสิ่ง. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

toplanma noktası. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Rallying Point

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-g-i-i-l-l-n-n-o-p-r-t-y"

-2 letters: pollinating.

-3 letters: ignorantly, originally, patrolling, pillorying, poignantly, trigonally.

-4 letters: arointing, aroynting, pillaring, pratingly, pronating, rantingly, rationing, tailoring, trollying.

-5 letters: alloying, antilogy, antipill, antiporn, antiroll, aproning, gallipot, gyration, ignitron, ignorant, illation, inlaying, intaglio, ligation, nonparty, opiating, original, painting, paltrily, pangolin, paroling, partying, patining, patronly, pignolia, piloting, pirating, plaining, plaiting, planting, playgirl, pliantly, poignant, pointing, polarity.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Quotations: Non-fiction
5. Expressions: Internet
6. Translations: Modern
7. Anagrams
8. Bibliography


  

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