Profile

Pronunciation

• IPA: /profaɪlÉ™/

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.

Full definition of profile

Noun

1. (countable) the outermost shape, view, or edge of an objectHis 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 personLaw enforcement assembled a profile of the suspect.
4. (countable) a specific space or field in which users can provide various types of personal information in software or Internet systemsI just updated my Facebook profile to show I got engaged.
5. (uncountable) reputation
6. (uncountable) the amount by which something protrudesChoose a handle with a low profile so it does not catch on things.
7. (uncountable) prominence; noticeabilityActing is, by nature, profession in which one must keep a high profile.
8. (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.
9. Character; totality of related characteristics; signature; status (especially in scientific, technical, or military uses).What's the thermal profile on that thing?
10. (architecture) A section of any member, made at right angles with its main lines, showing the exact shape of mouldings etc.
11. (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

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.

Anagrams

• pro-life