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See also:Profileandprofilé

English

profile view of a head (2)

Etymology

FromFrenchprofil, fromItalianprofilo(“a border”), later alsoproffilo(“a side-face, profile”), fromLatinpro(“before”) +filo(“a line, stroke, thread”), fromfilum(“a thread”); seefile.Doublet ofpurfle.

Pronunciation

Noun

profile (countable anduncountable,pluralprofiles)

  1. (countable) The outermostshape,view, oredge of an object.
    Synonym:contour
    His fingers traced theprofile of the handle.
  2. (countable) The shape, view, orshadow of a person's head from theside; a side view.
    The brooch showed theprofile of a Victorian woman.
    Driver's licenses have a photograph of the person on them, which is in full face if the person is above legal drinking age, or inprofile if not.
  3. (countable) Asummary orcollection ofinformation, especially about aperson
    Law enforcement assembled aprofile of the suspect.
  4. (Internet, countable) A specificpage orfield in whichusers canprovide various types of personalinformation insoftware orInternet systems.
    I just updated my Facebookprofile to show I got engaged.
    • 2018,Tommy Orange, “Edwin Black”, inThere There, New York, N.Y.:Vintage Books,→ISBN, page69:
      After getting permisssion from my mom, I personal messaged ten different Harveys from herprofile who seemed “obviously” Native and lived in Phoenix.
  5. (figurative, uncountable)Reputation,prominence;noticeability.
    Acting is, by nature, profession in which one must keep a highprofile.
  6. (uncountable) The amount by which somethingprotrudes.
    Choose a handle with a lowprofile so it does not catch on things.
  7. (archaeology) A smoothed (e.g.,troweled orbrushed) vertical surface of an excavation showing evidence of at least onefeature or diagnosticspecimen; the graphic recording of such as by sketching, photographing, etc.
  8. Character; totality of relatedcharacteristics;signature;status (especially in scientific, technical, or military uses).
    What's the thermalprofile on that thing?
  9. (architecture) Asection of anymember, made atright angles with its main lines, showing the exact shape ofmouldings etc.
  10. (civil engineering) Adrawing exhibiting avertical section of the ground along asurveyed line, orgraded work, as of arailway, showingelevations,depressions, grades, etc.
  11. (militaryslang) Anexemption from certain types ofduties due toinjury ordisability.

Derived terms

Translations

outermost shape
shape, view, or shadow of a person's head from the side
summary or collection of information, especially about a person
space with personal information in software or Internet systems
reputation; prominence; noticeability
amount by which something protrudes
archaeology: smoothed vertical surface of an excavation
totality of related characteristics
architecture: section of any member
civil engineering: drawing exhibiting a vertical section of the ground
military: exemption from duty

Verb

profile (third-person singular simple presentprofiles,present participleprofiling,simple past and past participleprofiled)

  1. (transitive) To create a summary or collection of information about (a person, etc.).
    • 1984 April 7, Warren Blumenfeld, “Boston's Other Voice”, inGay Community News, page11:
      The bookThe Men with the Pink Triangles,profiling the lives of gay prisoners in the German concentration camp.
    • 2018, Clarence Green, James Lambert, “Advancing disciplinary literacy through English for academic purposes: Discipline-specific wordlists, collocations and word families for eight secondary subjects”, inJournal of English for Academic Purposes, volume35,→DOI, page106:
      A resource thatprofiles the important language of secondary disciplines by adapting the methods of EAP research could therefore be very useful for such pedagogy.
  2. To act based on such a summary, especially one that is astereotype; to engage inprofiling.
  3. (transitive) To draw in profile or outline.
  4. (transitive, engineering) To give a definite form by chiselling, milling, etc.
  5. (computing, transitive) To measure the performance of various parts of (a program) so as to locatebottlenecks.
    • 2006,Dr. Dobb's Journal:
      […] a complete and intuitive profiler that supports numerous types ofprofiling modes and profilable applications.

Derived terms

Translations

to create a summary or collection of information
to act based on such a summary; especially, to act on a stereotype

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Pronunciation

Verb

profile

  1. inflection ofprofiler:
    1. first/third-personsingularpresentindicative/subjunctive
    2. second-personsingularimperative
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