Swedish

Verb

utbilda ‎(present utbildar, preterite utbildade, supine utbildat, imperative utbilda)

1. to educate, to instruct, to train
2. 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

Conjugation

Usage notes

• The sense to develop was in frequent use in technical literature in the 1930s

Related terms

• utbildare
• utbildning