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A sketch by Leonardo Da Vinci of a model in profile.

noun

The definition of a profile is the side view of someone or something or a brief biography of a person.
An example of a profile is an artist painting a portait of the left side of a person's face.

verb

Profile is defined as to create an overview about a person or thing.
An example of to profile is to write a paragraph about a person describing their strengths and accomplishments.

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profile

1. a side view of the face
2. a drawing of such a view
a view of anything in contour; outline: the profile of a distant hill
a short, vivid biographical and character sketch
a degree of exposure to or contact with others, esp. the public: a celebrity who keeps a low profile after a scandal
1. a graph, diagram, piece of writing, etc. presenting or summarizing data relevant to a particular person or thing
2. a set of characteristics developed for use in identifying a particular person or thing as likely to belong to a certain group, to engage in a certain activity, etc.
Archit. a side or sectional elevation of a building, etc.

Origin of profile

Italian profilo from profilare, to outline from pro- ( from Classical Latin pro-), before + filo ( from Classical Latin filum), thread, line: see pro and file

transitive verb

-·filed·, -·fil·ing

to sketch, write, or make a profile of
to give or assign a specified profile to
to identify or single out by means of a profile (noun) of

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profile

noun

a. A side view of an object or structure, especially of the human head.
b. A representation of an object or structure seen from the side. See Synonyms at form.
An outline of an object. See Synonyms at outline.
Degree of exposure to public notice; visibility: preferred to keep a low profile.
A biographical account presenting the subject's most noteworthy characteristics and achievements.
a. A set of characteristics that identify or are thought to identify a particular type of person: The police assembled a profile of the car thief.
b. A formal summary or analysis of data, often in the form of a graph or table, representing distinctive features or characteristics: a biochemical profile of blood.
Geology A vertical section of soil or rock showing the sequence of the various layers.

transitive verb

pro·filed, pro·fil·ing, pro·files

To draw or shape a profile of.
To produce a profile of: profiled the singer in a magazine article.
To engage in the ethnic or racial profiling of (a person).

Origin of profile

Italian profilo from profilare to draw in outline pro- forward ( from Latin prō- ; see pro- ¹. ) filare to draw a line ( from Medieval Latin fīlāre to spin ) ( from Latin fīlum thread ; see g^whī- in Indo-European roots.)

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noun

profile

c. 1475 Portrait of a Young Woman by Antonio del Pollaiolo (1430?-1498)

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Noun

(countable and uncountable, plural profiles)

(countable) the outermost shape, view, or edge of an object
His fingers traced the profile of the handle.
(countable) 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.
(countable) A summary or collection of information, especially about a person
Law enforcement assembled a profile of the suspect.
(countable) a specific space 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.
(uncountable) reputation
(uncountable) the amount by which something protrudes
Choose a handle with a low profile so it does not catch on things.
(uncountable) prominence; noticeability
Acting is, by nature, profession in which one must keep a high profile.
(archaeology) 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?
(architecture) A section of any member, made at right angles with its main lines, showing the exact shape of mouldings etc.
(civil engineering) 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.

Antonyms

(print mode or selection) portrait

Verb

(third-person singular simple present profiles, present participle profiling, simple past and past participle profiled)

to create a summary or collection of information, especially about a person
to act based on such a summary; especially, to act on a stereotype. See profiling.

Anagrams

pro-life

Origin

From French profil (“a profile”), from Italian profilo (“a border”), later also proffilo (“a side-face, profile”), from pro-, from Latin pro (“before”) + filo (“a line, stroke, thread”), from Latin filum (“a thread”); see file.

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profile - Computer Definition

(1) A description of an individual, organization, publication or other entity. See user profile and social networking site.

(2) A list of user preferences. See user profile.

(3) A report of processing time spent within the routines of an executing program in order to figure out how to optimize the code for greater efficiency.

(4) A list of parameters read by a program in order to modify its behavior.

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profile - Medical Definition

A side view of an object or a structure, especially of the human head.
A formal summary or analysis of data, as of blood, representing distinctive features or characteristics, often in the form of a graph or table.

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