No. 4,487 in Swedish

utökas

"Utökas" means "to be expanded" or "to be increased" in English.

In a sentence

Bibliotekets bokutbud utökas varje år.
The selection of books at the library is expanded every year.
In this sentence, "utökas" is used in a passive form to indicate that the selection of books is expanded or increased over time.
Projektets omfattning behöver utökas för att inkludera fler detaljer.
The scope of the project needs to be expanded to include more details.
Here, "utökas" is used in passive mode to express that the scope should be made larger intentionally.
Antalet platser i kursen utökas till hösten.
The number of spots in the course will be expanded in autumn.
In this example, "utökas" describes the increase or expansion of the number of spots available in a course in the future.

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