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profile /prōˈfīl (formerly also -fēl and -fil)/ noun- An outline
- A head or portrait in a side view
- The outline of any object without foreshortening (art)
- A drawing of a vertical section of country, an engineering work, etc
- A graph
- A short biographical sketch, eg in a newspaper or magazine
- An outline of the characteristic features (of eg a particular type of person)
- An outline of the course of an operation
- One's manner, attitude or behaviour considered with regard to the extent to which it attracts attention to oneself and one's activities or reveals one's feelings, intentions, etc, or the extent of one's involvement, etc (as in low, high, etc profile)
- A public image, esp one created and controlled by design
transitive verb- To draw in profile
- To make an outline of
- To show in profile
- To give a profile to
- To shape the outline of
- To write or give a profile of
ORIGIN: Ital profilo, from profilare to outline, from L prō forth, and filāre to spin or draw a line prōˈfiler noun prōˈfiling noun The process of compiling a profile of a person's physical (eg DNA) or psychological characteristics prōˈfilist noun Someone who draws profiles |