profile

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Translations 1.4 Verb 1.4.1 Translations 1.5 External links

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[edit] Etymology

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

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• IPA: /profaɪlə/

[edit] Noun

profile (countable and uncountable; plural profiles)

1. (countable) the outermost shape, view, or edge of an object

   His fingers traced the profile of the handle.

2. (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.

3. (countable) a summary or collection of information, especially about a person

   Law enforcement assembled a profile of the suspect.

4. (uncountable) reputation
5. (uncountable) the amount by which something protrudes

   Choose a handle with a low profile so it does not catch on things.

6. (uncountable) prominence; noticeability

   Acting is, by nature, profession in which one must keep a high profile.

7. (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.

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

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

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[edit] External links

• profile in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• profile in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911