profile
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3.4
- noun
- /ˈproʊfaɪl/
:
perfil
- In profile, your chin extends exactly the same as your lower lip, which is an ideal.
- viewed in profile
- face in profile
- head in profile
I think it's just like my side profile that I really dislike.
- I think it's just like my side profile that I really dislike.
- We don't yet know the full depth profile of Mars and what it contains and what's there.
- And that's because it's the profile steepest here and then shallows out, right?
- So it presented a very small profile to the glass.
- It has more compartments slimmer profile.
Examples
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Can I see your left profile, please?
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A spotlight fell on the stage and washed over Stephen's profile and farther into the crowd.
Fiction book (1990) -
Camera 3, give me a left profile.
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As I thought, it's a perfect profile, Heather.
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There was a wall that had these half profiles of the Enterprise.
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I think it's just like my side profile that I really dislike.
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The dead man and the little boy face each other in profile in the middle foreground.
Fiction book (1990) -
It's a small head; the shape of it in profile is all nose, no chin or forehead.
Fiction book (1990) -
Here's an actual fired Carcano bullet, and we can see it's almost perfectly in profile.
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Can I see your left profile, please?
Synonyms
475
1.0
The visible form of a thing or person
65
2.7
A line that shows the outer shape of something
63
4.2
A dark shape of a person or thing against a light background
21
4.5
Shape or outline of something that shows its main parts
Idioms
Compounds
- Texting
4
3.0
A personal page on LinkedIn that shows your work experience, skills, and achievements
- Texting
2
2.7
A page on a social media site that shows your information and posts
- Specialized
1
3.9
A medical test that measures the numbers of different types of blood cells and other parts of the blood
- Specialized
A side view of the ground showing soil layers from topsoil down to the rock beneath
How Detailed
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word profile comes from the parts pro- ('forward') and filum ('thread' or 'line'), so it originally meant a 'forward line' or outline. That's why a profile can mean the side view or outline of something, like a face or a cross-section.