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- [proh-fahyl]
- /ˈproʊ faɪl/
- /ˈprəʊ.faɪl/
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- [proh-fahyl]
- /ˈproʊ faɪl/
Definitions of profile word
- noun profile the outline or contour of the human face, especially the face viewed from one side. 1
- noun profile a picture or representation of the side view of a head. 1
- noun profile an outlined view, as of a city or mountain. 1
- noun profile an outline of an object, as a molding, formed on a vertical plane passed through the object at right angles to one of its principal horizontal dimensions. 1
- noun profile a drawing or the like representing this. 1
- noun profile Surveying. a vertical section of the ground surface taken parallel to a survey line. Compare cross section (def 6). 1
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Origin of profile
First appearance:
before 1650 One of the 45% oldest English words
1650-60; (noun) < Italian prof(f)ilo, noun derivative of profilare “to delineate, outline,” equivalent to pro- pro-1 + -filare, derivative of filo “line, thread” < Latin fīlum
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Parts of speech for Profile
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
profile popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 96% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
profile usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for profile
noun profile
- bio — a biography, often a very brief one
- biog — biography.
- biography — A biography of someone is an account of their life, written by someone else.
- bios — Basic Input Output System: the built-in software which controls the primary functions of a PC
- characterization — Characterization is the way an author or an actor describes or shows what a character is like.
verb profile
- caricaturing — a picture, description, etc., ludicrously exaggerating the peculiarities or defects of persons or things: His caricature of the mayor in this morning's paper is the best he's ever drawn.
- draw — to cause to move in a particular direction by or as if by a pulling force; pull; drag (often followed by along, away, in, out, or off).
- map out — a representation, usually on a flat surface, as of the features of an area of the earth or a portion of the heavens, showing them in their respective forms, sizes, and relationships according to some convention of representation: a map of Canada.
- caricatured — Simple past tense and past participle of caricature.
- graphed — Simple past tense and past participle of graph.
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