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SubstantivVerbhäufig in Dialogen

  • Vereinigtes Königreich//ˈpɹəʊfaɪl//
  • Kanada//ˈpɹoʊfaɪl//
  • //ˈpɹoʊfɪl//
  • //ˈpɹoʊfiːl//

The outermost shape, view, or edge of an object.

Substantiv

  1. 1

    The outermost shape, view, or edge of an object.

    His fingers traced the profile of the handle.

  2. 2

    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.

    Driver's licenses have a photograph of the person on them, which is in full face if the person is above legal drinking age, or in profile if not.

  3. 3

    A summary or collection of information, especially about a person.

    Law enforcement assembled a profile of the suspect.

  4. 4

    A specific page or field in which users can provide various types of personal information in software or Internet systems.

    I just updated my Facebook profile to show I got engaged.

    After getting permisssion from my mom, I personal messaged ten different Harveys from her profile who seemed “obviously” Native and lived in Phoenix.

  5. 5

    übertragenReputation, prominence; noticeability.

    Acting is, by nature, profession in which one must keep a high profile.

  6. 6

    The amount by which something protrudes.

    Choose a handle with a low profile so it does not catch on things.

  7. 7

    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. 8

    Character; totality of related characteristics; signature; status (especially in scientific, technical, or military uses).

    What's the thermal profile on that thing?

  9. 9

    A section of any member, made at right angles with its main lines, showing the exact shape of mouldings etc.

  10. 10

    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.

  11. 11

    SlangAn exemption from certain types of duties due to injury or disability.

  12. 12

    A user's preferences.

    A roaming profile allows your settings to follow you from one computer to another across a network.

Herkunft

From French profil, from Italian profilo (“a border”), later also proffilo (“a side-face, profile”), from Latin pro (“before”) + filo (“a line, stroke, thread”), from filum (“a thread”); see file. Doublet of purfle.

Verb

  1. 1

    To create a summary or collection of information about (a person, etc.).

    The book The Men with the Pink Triangles, profiling the lives of gay prisoners in the German concentration camp.

    A resource that profiles the important language of secondary disciplines by adapting the methods of EAP research could therefore be very useful for such pedagogy.

    Brianna was profiled as a teen with an unstable living situation and a habit of moving between houses.

  2. 2

    To act based on such a summary, especially one that is a stereotype; to engage in profiling.

  3. 3

    To draw in profile or outline.

  4. 4

    To give a definite form by chiselling, milling, etc.

  5. 5

    To measure the performance of various parts of (a program) so as to locate bottlenecks.

    […] a complete and intuitive profiler that supports numerous types of profiling modes and profilable applications.

Formen

Plural
profiles
Präteritum
profiled
Partizip II
profiled
Partizip I
profiling
3. Person Singular
profiles
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