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1. noun(a person etc who tries to compete with another; a person who wants the same thing as someone else: For students of English, this dictionary is without a rival; The two brothers are rivals for the girl next door - they both want to marry her; ( also adjective) rival companies; rival teams.) tekmec2. verb(to (try to) be as good as someone or something else: He rivals his brother as a chess-player; Nothing rivals football for excitement and entertainment.) kosati se (s kom)- rivalry* * *I [ráivl]1.nountekmec, tekmica, rival, konkurent; archaic sobojevnik, soborecwithout a rival — brez tekmeca, brez enakega, brez primerehe is without a rival — on nima tekmeca, ni mu enakegato be rivals for — rivalizirati, potegovati se obenem (hkrati) za;2.adjectivetekmovalen, konkurenčenrival team sport nasprotno moštvoII [ráivl]transitive verbtekmovati, kosati se, rivalizirati, biti tekmec, skušati prekositi (koga); konkurirati; biti enakhe was rival(l)ed by nobody — nihče mu ni bil kos, mu ni bil enakwater rivals steam as a source of energy — voda konkurira pari kot vir energije; intransitive verb (redko) tekmovati, biti v rivaliteti, rivalizirati ( with z)
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