tehostanut

Tehostanut is the Finnish past active participle of the verb tehostaa, meaning "has intensified," "has enhanced" or "has made more effective." Grammatically, it is the -nut/-nyt past participle form used to form perfect and pluperfect tenses (e.g., Hän on tehostanut tuotantoa — "He/she has intensified production") and can function attributively as an adjective describing something that has been intensified by an agent.

The verb tehostaa is transitive and derives from the noun teho ("effect, power, efficiency") with a verb-forming suffix. The passive counterpart often seen in written Finnish is tehostettu, which denotes that something "has been enhanced" in a passive sense. Typical conjugations using tehostanut include minä olen tehostanut, sinä olet tehostanut, hän on tehostanut, me olemme tehostaneet.

Usage of tehostanut spans multiple contexts: policy and administration (tehostanut valvontaa — "has increased/enhanced oversight"), production and operations (tehostanut tuotantoprosessia), marketing (tehostanut kampanjaa), energy and efficiency measures (tehostanut energian käyttöä), and clinical or pharmacological descriptions where an intervention has augmented an effect. Synonyms in Finnish include vahvistanut and lisännyt tehoa, though nuances differ depending on transitivity and agency.

In writing, choosing between tehostanut and tehostettu depends on whether the actor is emphasized (tehostanut) or the state/result is foregrounded (tehostettu).