aprimoration
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: əprĭm′ərā′shn
ipa: /əˌpɹɪməˈɹeɪʃ(ə)n/
Forms: form: aprimorations
Etymology: Borrowed from Portuguese aprimorar + English -ation, probably a mistranslation by Portuguese speakers, equivalent to aprimorate + -ion. The earliest known use of the English word was is in a 2003 Brazilian dissertation (see the quotation), although it has likely been re-formed independently on multiple occasions.
Senses: examples: text: The company must see the benefits brought for^([sic – meaning by]) the compromised employees^([sic – meaning employees committed]) to the productive world, [such] as the aprimoration of the products and services, the reduction of wastefulness for^([sic – meaning through]) the improvement of the work techniques, the magnifying^([sic – meaning magnification]) or transformation of work programs, the economy of costs for^([sic – meaning by]) the elimination of errors in the execution of the work and the best conditions of adaptation to the progress of the technology.
ref: 2003 April, Fabrício Belli Custodio, Treinamento corporativo aplicado à comunicação móvel [Corporate training applied to mobile communication] (MBA in Business Management and Strategy dissertation), Curitiba, State of Paraná, Brazil: Universidade Federal do Paraná, published 18 April 2024, archived from the original on 06 May 2025, page 6:
english: Corporate training applied to mobile communication
translation: Corporate training applied to mobile communication
text: The stable union like the marriage, it belongs the main center of cultivation of relationships that aim at moral aprimoration, to the man. It is important the analysis of the rights of the convivens for the moral attendance in reason of its relevance, the true requirement of the stable union that, like accur in the marriage, to bias the execution of the other duties for the companions.
ref: 2003 December 18, Hendges, A. N. G., “Requisitos Essenciais para a Caracterização da União Estável [Essential Requirements for the Characterization of a Civil Union]”, in Revista de Ciências Jurídicas e Sociais da UNIPAR [UNIPAR's Journal of Legal and Social Sciences], volume 6, number 2, Umuarama, State of Paraná, Brazil: Universidade Paranaense, archived from the original on 04 May 2025, page 6:
english: UNIPAR's Journal of Legal and Social Sciences
translation: UNIPAR's Journal of Legal and Social Sciences
text: The conceptual framework I used for the study is that of serious and casual leisure. Given the ethos of boxing, that^([sic – meaning which]) revolves around relentless acquisition of new skills and aprimoration of the body, built on relentless discipline and almost exclusive devotion to the sport, the acquisition of new skills in order to participate/engage in higher levels of the sport is paramount.
ref: 2017 June 16, Ribeiro, N. F., “Boxing Culture and Serious Leisure among North-American youth: An Embodied Ethnography.”, in The Qualitative Report, volume 22, number 6, Fort Lauderdale-Davie, State of Florida, United States: Nova Southeastern University, archived from the original on 04 May 2025, page 1623:
synonyms: sublimation
qualifier: non-native speakers' English
glosses: The rise (of something) to a better state; elevation, improvement, refinement.
Related terms: aprimorate