profile
♦ pro|file /pr'oʊfaɪl/ (profiles profiling profiled)
1 [N-COUNT]
Your profile is the outline of your face as it is seen when someone is looking at you from the side.
His handsome profile was turned away from us.
2 [N-UNCOUNT] in N
If you see someone in profile, you see them from the side.
This picture shows the girl in profile.
3 [N-COUNT] with supp, usu N of n
A profile of someone is a short article or programme in which their life and character are described.
A newspaper published profiles of the candidates' wives.
4 [VERB] V n
To profile someone means to give an account of that person's life and character. (JOURNALISM)
Tamar Golan, a Paris-based journalist, profiles the rebel leader.
5 [PHRASE] PHR after v
If someone has a high profile, people notice them and what they do. If you keep a low profile, you avoid doing things that will make people notice you.
...a move that would give Egypt a much higher profile in the upcoming peace talks...
see also high-profile
1 [N-COUNT]
Your profile is the outline of your face as it is seen when someone is looking at you from the side.
His handsome profile was turned away from us.
2 [N-UNCOUNT] in N
If you see someone in profile, you see them from the side.
This picture shows the girl in profile.
3 [N-COUNT] with supp, usu N of n
A profile of someone is a short article or programme in which their life and character are described.
A newspaper published profiles of the candidates' wives.
4 [VERB] V n
To profile someone means to give an account of that person's life and character. (JOURNALISM)
Tamar Golan, a Paris-based journalist, profiles the rebel leader.
5 [PHRASE] PHR after v
If someone has a high profile, people notice them and what they do. If you keep a low profile, you avoid doing things that will make people notice you.
...a move that would give Egypt a much higher profile in the upcoming peace talks...
see also high-profile