profile en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈpɹoʊ.faɪl/ (Canada, General-American)
- [ˈpɹɐu̯.fɑe̯l] (New-Zealand)
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈpɹəʊ.faɪl/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈpɹoʊ.fiːl/ (obsolete)
- /ˈpɹəʉfɑel/ (Australia)
- (New-Jersey) audio
- /pɹoʊˈfiːl/ (obsolete)
- /ˈpɹoʊ.fɪl/ (obsolete)
Etymology
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.
Meanings
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(countable) The outermost shape, view, or edge of an object.
His fingers traced the profile of the handle.
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(countable) The shape, view, or shadow of a person's head from the side; a side view.
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.
The brooch showed the profile of a Victorian woman.
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(countable) A summary or collection of information, especially about a person.
Law enforcement assembled a profile of the suspect.
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(Internet, countable) 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:
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(figuratively, uncountable) Reputation, prominence; noticeability.
Acting is, by nature, profession in which one must keep a high profile.
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(uncountable) The amount by which something protrudes.
Choose a handle with a low profile so it does not catch on things.
- (countable, uncountable) 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.
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(countable, uncountable) Character; totality of related characteristics; signature; status (especially in scientific, technical, or military uses).
What's the thermal profile on that thing?
- (countable, uncountable) A section of any member, made at right angles with its main lines, showing the exact shape of mouldings etc.
- (countable, uncountable) 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.
- (countable, slang, uncountable) An exemption from certain types of duties due to injury or disability.
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(countable) A user's preferences.
A roaming profile allows your settings to follow you from one computer to another across a network.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| profiles | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
semi-profile · social profile · high-profile · Voigt profile · immunoprofile · profilometric · long profile · profilometry · profilee · profilometer · profile picture · high profile · keep a low profile · risk profile · microprofile · geoprofile · seroprofile · profilograph · spoligoprofile · low profile · racial profile · low-profile · side profile · glycoprofile · thermoprofile · in profile · light profile · profilist · RNA expression profile
Synonyms
Translations (120)
ja 横顔 (shape, view, or shadow of a person's head from the side) · hu jelenlét (reputation; prominence; noticeability) · fr profil (space with personal information in software or Internet systems) · fr profil (summary or collection of information, especially about a person) · fi profiili (amount by which something protrudes) · is prófíll (summary or collection of information, especially about a person) · fi profiili (outermost shape) · sv profil (outermost shape) · ru про́филь (reputation; prominence; noticeability) · be про́філь (shape, view, or shadow of a person's head from the side) · uk про́філь (outermost shape) · hu leírás (summary or collection of information, especially about a person) · hu profil (architecture: section of any member) · cs profil (shape, view, or shadow of a person's head from the side) · hu feltűnés (reputation; prominence; noticeability) · tr profil (shape, view, or shadow of a person's head from the side) · fi siluetti (shape, view, or shadow of a person's head from the side) · hu profil (shape, view, or shadow of a person's head from the side) · hu metszet (civil engineering: drawing exhibiting a vertical section of the ground) · hu portré (summary or collection of information, especially about a person) · be про́філь (outermost shape) · fi sivukuva (shape, view, or shadow of a person's head from the side) · fi vapautus (military: exemption from duty) · mi kōtaha (summary or collection of information, especially about a person) · fi poikkileikkaus (architecture: section of any member) · fr contour (outermost shape) · ar سِيرَة (summary or collection of information, especially about a person) · az profil (space with personal information in software or Internet systems) · de Profil (space with personal information in software or Internet systems) · uk про́філь (space with personal information in software or Internet systems) · hu oldalnézet (shape, view, or shadow of a person's head from the side) · hy հատկագիր (summary or collection of information, especially about a person) · pt perfil (summary or collection of information, especially about a person) · ru про́филь (shape, view, or shadow of a person's head from the side) · mk профил (space with personal information in software or Internet systems) · hu profil (summary or collection of information, especially about a person) · de Benutzerprofil (space with personal information in software or Internet systems) · hu életrajzvázlat (summary or collection of information, especially about a person) · el προφίλ (shape, view, or shadow of a person's head from the side) · hu vázlat (summary or collection of information, especially about a person) · hu ismertető (summary or collection of information, especially about a person) · ko 프로필 (shape, view, or shadow of a person's head from the side) · gd iomradh (summary or collection of information, especially about a person) · ja プロファイル (amount by which something protrudes) · hu jellemtanulmány (summary or collection of information, especially about a person) · mi topenga (shape, view, or shadow of a person's head from the side) · hu profil (space with personal information in software or Internet systems) · hu szelvény (civil engineering: drawing exhibiting a vertical section of the ground) · hu kontúr (outermost shape) · fr profil (shape, view, or shadow of a person's head from the side) · fi leikkaus (archaeology: smoothed vertical surface of an excavation) · ga próifíl (summary or collection of information, especially about a person) · ru про́филь (amount by which something protrudes) · hu arcél (shape, view, or shadow of a person's head from the side) · hu kiemelkedés (amount by which something protrudes) · fi profiili (summary or collection of information, especially about a person) · hu láthatóság (reputation; prominence; noticeability) · ar صُورَة جَانِبِيَّة (shape, view, or shadow of a person's head from the side) · eo profilo (shape, view, or shadow of a person's head from the side) · fa نیمرخ (shape, view, or shadow of a person's head from the side) · it profilo (space with personal information in software or Internet systems) · cmn 簡介欄 /简介栏 (space with personal information in software or Internet systems) · fi ääriviiva (outermost shape) · hu metszetrajz (civil engineering: drawing exhibiting a vertical section of the ground) · ja 注目度 (reputation; prominence; noticeability) · nl profiel (space with personal information in software or Internet systems) · cmn 輪廓 /轮廓 (outermost shape) · ar حُدُود خَارِجِيَّة (outermost shape) · hu szelvényrajz (civil engineering: drawing exhibiting a vertical section of the ground) · ga próifíl (shape, view, or shadow of a person's head from the side) · it profilo (shape, view, or shadow of a person's head from the side) · it profilo (outermost shape) · hu jellemzők (totality of related characteristics) · ar بُرُوز (amount by which something protrudes) · cmn 側面 /侧面 (shape, view, or shadow of a person's head from the side) · ar شُهْرَة (reputation; prominence; noticeability) · ko 약력 (summary or collection of information, especially about a person) · hu idom (architecture: section of any member) · sv profil (shape, view, or shadow of a person's head from the side) · uk про́філь (shape, view, or shadow of a person's head from the side) · ko 옆얼굴 (shape, view, or shadow of a person's head from the side) · ja プロフィール (summary or collection of information, especially about a person) · eo profilo (space with personal information in software or Internet systems) · fi profiili (space with personal information in software or Internet systems) · fi henkilökuva (summary or collection of information, especially about a person) · uk про́філь (summary or collection of information, especially about a person) · fi profiili (civil engineering: drawing exhibiting a vertical section of the ground) · ru про́филь (summary or collection of information, especially about a person) · hu aktivitás (reputation; prominence; noticeability) · fi poikkileikkaus (civil engineering: drawing exhibiting a vertical section of the ground) · fi esiintyminen (reputation; prominence; noticeability) · fi ulkonema (amount by which something protrudes) · mi kōtaha (shape, view, or shadow of a person's head from the side) · ga próifíl (space with personal information in software or Internet systems) · hu összefoglaló (summary or collection of information, especially about a person) · es perfil (shape, view, or shadow of a person's head from the side) · it profilo (summary or collection of information, especially about a person) · sv profil (summary or collection of information, especially about a person) · ja プロフィール (shape, view, or shadow of a person's head from the side) · fi profiili (shape, view, or shadow of a person's head from the side) · ko 프로파일 (summary or collection of information, especially about a person) · hu észrevehetőség (reputation; prominence; noticeability) · hu körvonal (outermost shape) · ja 輪郭 (outermost shape) · hu dudor (amount by which something protrudes) · es perfil (outermost shape) · hu jellemzés (summary or collection of information, especially about a person) · es reseña (summary or collection of information, especially about a person) · tr yanay (civil engineering: drawing exhibiting a vertical section of the ground) · fi profiili (archaeology: smoothed vertical surface of an excavation) · mi kōtaha (outermost shape) · cmn 資料頁 /资料页 (space with personal information in software or Internet systems) · fi profiili (reputation; prominence; noticeability) · pt perfil (shape, view, or shadow of a person's head from the side) · de Profil (shape, view, or shadow of a person's head from the side) · ko 윤곽 (outermost shape) · ru про́филь (outermost shape) · fi profiili (architecture: section of any member) · fi ominaisuudet (totality of related characteristics) · ga próifíl (outermost shape)