utbilda
Swedish
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Verb
[edit]utbilda (present utbildar, preterite utbildade, supine utbildat, imperative utbilda)
- to educate, to instruct, to train
- to develop, to shape, to convert
- en fullt utbildad tumör
- a fully developed tumor
- General Electric utbildade en ny snabbströmbrytare för högspänning.
- General Electric developed a new high-speed switch for high voltage.
- Krönet är 360 m. långt och 14 m. brett samt utbildat till landsväg.
- The crest (of the Hoover dam) is 360 metres long and 14 metres wide and utilized as (turned into) a road.
- den s. k. oljefilmen, som utbildar sig mellan glidytorna
- the so-called oil film, that forms between the interacting surfaces
- en fullt utbildad tumör
Usage notes
[edit]- The sense to develop was in frequent use in technical literature in the 1930s.
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of utbilda (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | utbilda | utbildas | ||
| Supine | utbildat | utbildats | ||
| Imperative | utbilda | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | utbilden | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | utbildar | utbildade | utbildas | utbildades |
| Ind. plural1 | utbilda | utbildade | utbildas | utbildades |
| Subjunctive2 | utbilde | utbildade | utbildes | utbildades |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | utbildande | |||
| Past participle | utbildad | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- utbilda in Svensk ordbok.