edistää

Edistää is a Finnish verb meaning to promote, advance, or foster the progress of something. It is a transitive verb used when someone or something contributes to improving or developing a situation, policy, project, or condition. It is common in formal, professional, and policy-related language.

In practical use, edistää takes a direct object that denotes what is being promoted; the object is usually in the partitive case, for example edistää tutkimusta (to promote research), edistää koulutusta (to advance education), edistää terveyttä (to improve health). The verb can appear in various tenses and moods like other Finnish verbs. Example: Kansalaisjärjestö edistää tasa-arvoa. Jotkut ohjelmat on suunniteltu edistämään taloudellista kasvua.

From a nominal perspective, the process of promotion or advancement is expressed with edistäminen; a promoter is edistäjä. The word is neutral and common in official language, funding proposals, and strategic communications.