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profile

noun
/ˈpɹəʊfaɪl/UK/ˈpɹoʊfaɪl/US/ˈpɹoʊfɪl/

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.

  1. derived from pro
  2. derived from profilo
  3. borrowed from profil

Definitions

  1. The outermost shape, view, or edge of an object.

    • His fingers traced the profile of the handle.

  2. The shape, view, or shadow of a person's head from the side

    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.

  3. A summary or collection of information, especially about a person.

    • Law enforcement assembled a profile of the suspect.
  4. ›+ 14 more definitions

    1. A specific page or field in which users can provide various types of personal information…

      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.

    2. Reputation, prominence

      Reputation, prominence; noticeability.

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

    3. The amount by which something protrudes.

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

    4. A smoothed (e.g., troweled or brushed) vertical surface of an excavation showing evidence…

      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.

    5. Character

      Character; totality of related characteristics; signature; status (especially in scientific, technical, or military uses).

      • What's the thermal profile on that thing?

    6. A section of any member, made at right angles with its main lines, showing the exact…

      A section of any member, made at right angles with its main lines, showing the exact shape of mouldings etc.

    7. A drawing exhibiting a vertical section of the ground along a surveyed line, or graded…

      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.

    8. An exemption from certain types of duties due to injury or disability.

    9. A user's preferences.

      • A roaming profile allows your settings to follow you from one computer to another across a network.

    10. 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.
      • 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.

    11. To act based on such a summary, especially one that is a stereotype

      To act based on such a summary, especially one that is a stereotype; to engage in profiling.

    12. To draw in profile or outline.

    13. To give a definite form by chiselling, milling, etc.

    14. 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.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for profile. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA