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ravan

раван

rávan · /rǎːʋan/

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ADJECTIVE
  1. (of a surface) flat; level
    Vojvodina je uglavnom ravna. — Vojvodina is mostly flat.
    Stavi laptop na ravnu površinu. — Put the laptop on a flat surface.
  2. straight
    Nacrtaj ravnu liniju. — Draw a straight line.
    Ima dugu ravnu kosu. — She has long straight hair.
  3. (+ dat.) equal; tantamount
    To što je uspeo ravno je čudu. — His success is nothing short of a miracle.
    U šahu mu nema ravnog. — He has no equal in chess.
NOUN
  1. plane; level
    Dve prave leže u istoj ravni. — The two lines lie in the same plane.
    Problem treba rešiti na političkoj ravni. — The problem must be solved at the political level.

In the sense "equal to" it takes the dative: ravan čudu.

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  • na ravnoj nozi — on an equal footing
    Sa šefom razgovara na ravnoj nozi. — He talks to his boss on an equal footing.
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