profile

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Synonyms: profil, prefile, profilo

Antonyms: profil, prefile, profilo

Related words from Datamuse; suggestions, not definitions.

Noun

1. {{lb|en|countable}} The outermost [[shape]], [[view]], or [[edge]] of an object.
2. {{lb|en|countable}} The shape, view, or [[shadow]] of a person's head from the [[side]]; a side view.
3. {{lb|en|countable}} A [[summary]] or [[collection]] of [[information]], especially about a [[person]].
4. {{lb|en|Internet|countable}} A specific [[page]] or [[field]] in which [[user]]s can [[provide]] various types of personal [[information]] in [[software]] or [[Internet]] systems.
5. {{lb|en|figurative|uncountable}} [[reputation|Reputation]], [[prominence]]; [[noticeability]].
6. {{lb|en|uncountable}} The amount by which something [[protrude]]s.
7. {{lb|en|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.
8. [[character|Character]]; totality of related [[characteristic]]s; [[signature]]; [[status]] (especially in scientific, technical, or military uses).
9. {{lb|en|architecture}} A [[section]] of any [[member]], made at [[right angle]]s with its main lines, showing the exact shape of [[moulding]]s etc.
10. {{lb|en|civil engineering}} A [[drawing]] exhibiting a [[vertical]] section of the ground along a [[survey]]ed line, or [[grade]]d work, as of a [[railway]], showing [[elevation]]s, [[depression]]s, grades, etc.
11. {{lb|en|military slang}} An [[exemption]] from certain types of [[duties]] due to [[injury]] or [[disability]].
12. {{lb|en|computing|countable}} A [[user]]'s [[preferences]].

Verb

1. {{lb|en|transitive}} To create a summary or collection of information about (a person, etc.).
2. To act based on such a summary, especially one that is a [[stereotype]]; to engage in [[profiling]].
3. {{lb|en|transitive}} To draw in profile or outline.
4. {{lb|en|transitive|engineering}} To give a definite form by chiselling, milling, etc.
5. {{lb|en|computing|transitive}} To measure the performance of various parts of (a program) so as to locate [[bottleneck]]s.

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