profile
/ˈpɹəʊ.faɪl/US/ˈpɹoʊ.faɪl/
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profile noun: the outermost shape, view, or edge of an object.
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Noun
profile (countable and uncountable, plural profiles)
- The outermost shape, view, or edge of an object.
- His fingers traced the profile of the handle.
- Synonyms:
- contour
- The shape, view, or shadow of a person's head from the side; a side view.
- The brooch showed the profile 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 in profile if not.
- A summary or collection of information, especially about a person.
- Law enforcement assembled a profile of the suspect.
- A specific page or field in which users can provide various types of personal information in software or Internet systems.
- I just updated my Facebook profile to show I got engaged.
- After getting permisssion from my mom, I personal messaged ten different Harveys from her profile who seemed “obviously” Native and lived in Phoenix.2018, Tommy Orange, “Edwin Black”, in There There, New York, N.Y.: Vintage Books, →ISBN, page 69
- Reputation, prominence; noticeability.
- Acting is, by nature, profession in which one must keep a high profile.
- The amount by which something protrudes.
- Choose a handle with a low profile so it does not catch on things.
- A smoothed (e.g., troweled or brushed) vertical surface of an excavation showing evidence of at least one feature or diagnostic specimen; the graphic recording of such as by sketching, photographing, etc.
- Character; totality of related characteristics; signature; status (especially in scientific, technical, or military uses).
- What's the thermal profile on that thing?
- A section of any member, made at right angles with its main lines, showing the exact shape of mouldings etc.
- A drawing exhibiting a vertical section of the ground along a surveyed line, or graded work, as of a railway, showing elevations, depressions, grades, etc.
- An exemption from certain types of duties due to injury or disability.
- A user's preferences.
- A roaming profile allows your settings to follow you from one computer to another across a network.
Verb
profile (third-person singular simple present profiles, present participle profiling, simple past and past participle profiled)
- To create a summary or collection of information about (a person, etc.).
- The book The Men with the Pink Triangles, profiling the lives of gay prisoners in the German concentration camp.1984 April 7, Warren Blumenfeld, “Boston's Other Voice”, in Gay Community News, page 11
- A resource that profiles the important language of secondary disciplines by adapting the methods of EAP research could therefore be very useful for such pedagogy.2018, Clarence Green, James Lambert, “Advancing disciplinary literacy through English for academic purposes: Discipline-specific wordlists, collocations and word families for eight secondary...
- To act based on such a summary, especially one that is a stereotype; to engage in profiling.
- To draw in profile or outline.
- To give a definite form by chiselling, milling, etc.
- To measure the performance of various parts of (a program) so as to locate bottlenecks.
- […] a complete and intuitive profiler that supports numerous types of profiling modes and profilable applications.2006, Dr. Dobb's Journal
profile meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
profile in Hindi
- प्रोफ़ाइल, प्रोफाइल, रूपरेखा
profile in Tamil
- சிறு வாழ்க்கைக் குறிப்பு, தன்விவரக்குறிப்பு, முன்குறிப்பு விவரம், பக்கத்தோற்றம், தன்விவரம், சுயவிவரம்
profile in Marathi
- प्रोफाइल, प्रोफाईल
profile in Urdu
- خاکہ, ناک نقشہ, خاکہ بنانا
More languagesFewer languages
- profile in Bengali
- পরিলেখ, পার্শ্বচিত্র, আদরা
- profile in Telugu
- ప్రొఫైల్, ప్రోఫైల్
- profile in Malayalam
- സ്വരേഖ, സ്വരൂപം, പാർശ്വദർശനം, മുഖഭാഗചിത്രം
- profile in Kannada
- ಬದಿನೋಟ, ಎಲ್ಲೆಗೆರೆ, ಹೊರಗೆರೆ, ಪಾರ್ಶ್ವಚಿತ್ರ
- profile in Punjabi
- ਪ੍ਰੋਫਾਈਲ, ਪਰੋਫਾਇਲ, ਪਰੋਫਾਈਲ
- profile in Gujarati
- રૂપરેખા, પ્રોફાઇલ, પ્રોફાઈલ
- profile in Odia
- ପ୍ରୋଫାଇଲ୍, ପ୍ରୋଫାଇଲ, ପ୍ରୋଫାଇଲକୁ
- profile in Nepali
- प्रोफाइल, प्रोफाईल
- profile in Arabic
- حُدُود خَارِجِيَّة ḥudūd ḵārijiyya, صُورَة جَانِبِيَّة ṣūra jānibiyya, سِيرَة sīra, شُهْرَة šuhra
- profile in Persian
- نیمرخ nimrox
Examples of profile in a sentence
- Saprolites form in the lower zones of soil profiles and represent deep weathering of the bedrock surface.
- The Bender family cut a very distinct profile.
- The opposing political party is deploying high profile speakers to counterprogram the convention with small rallies at nearby sites.
Synonyms of profile
Forms of profile
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | profiles |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | profiles |
| present participle | profiling |
| past participle | profiled |
| past | profiled |
Origin of profile
From French profil, from Italian profilo (“a border”), later also proffilo (“a side-face, profile”), from Latin pro (“before”) + filo (“a line, stroke, thread”), from filum (“a thread”); see file. Doublet of purfle.
Words formed from profile
- geoprofile
- glycoprofile
- high-profile
- high profile
- immunoprofile
- in profile
- keep a low profile
- light profile
- long profile
- low profile
- low-profile
- microprofile
- profilee
- profile picture
- profilist
- profilograph
- profilometer
- profilometric
- profilometry
- racial profile
- risk profile
- RNA expression profile
- semi-profile
- seroprofile
- side profile
- social profile
- spoligoprofile
- thermoprofile
- Voigt profile
- profilable
- racially-profile
- reprofile
- unprofiled
Phrases with profile
Questions about profile
- What does profile mean?
- Profile means the outermost shape, view, or edge of an object.
- What is profile in Hindi?
- Profile in Hindi is प्रोफ़ाइल, प्रोफाइल, रूपरेखा. See Profile meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is profile?
- Profile can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce profile?
- Profile is pronounced /ˈpɹəʊ.faɪl/ (UK).
- What is the plural of profile?
- The plural of profile is profiles.
Words near profile in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: profile (page history and authors); profile (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); profile (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); profile (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); profile (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); profile (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); profile (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); profile (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); profile (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); profile (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); profile (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); profile (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); profile (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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