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profile

243 3.4
A short description of a person, often in an article or online page
  • noun
  • /ˈproʊfaɪl/
  • Literature
translation icon : perfil
  • Her online profile includes details about her hobbies and interests.
  • an online profile
  • a social networking profile
  • post to a profile

Find people who have fit your profile and they're doing just fine.

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Examples

  • I was just reading a profile of him in The New Yorker.

  • Now she has set her Twitter profile to private.

  • And then I went into his profile, his content.

  • Hey love, there is this profile saying they are you.

  • If you made a profile, we could be friends.

  • And he used his profile to influence policy.

  • I want you to then search their profile on Instagram.

  • I clicked on his profile and it was him.

  • We're doing a profile piece of all the new tycoons.

  • The counselor helped a lot, especially when Hollywood Weekly did a profile on Gwen and Arturo.

    Fiction book (2000)

Synonyms

description
vsprofile
549 1.0

Words that tell what someone or something is like

is specifically an account of a person often as a short entry
biography
vsprofile
188 2.6

A written account of a person's life and important events

is usually shorter or more general than this long life account
bio
vsprofile
  • Informal
169 4.1

A short written account of a person's life and work

is a broader account or online page rather than a short note
LinkedIn profile
vsprofile
  • Texting
4 3.0

A personal page on LinkedIn that shows your work experience, skills, and achievements

is a general account of a person, not limited to professional pages
social media profile
vsprofile
  • Texting
2 2.7

A page on a social media site that shows your information and posts

is any account of a person, not only an online page

Idioms

Act quietly so people do not notice you

Compounds

130 3.6

A job or position that gets a lot of public attention

55 4.4

A way of behaving to avoid attention or public notice

low profile
  • Specialized
5 3.8

Made to be thin or flat to fit into small spaces

4 3.0

A personal page on LinkedIn that shows your work experience, skills, and achievements

2 2.7

A page on a social media site that shows your information and posts

blood profile
  • Specialized
1 3.9

A medical test that measures the numbers of different types of blood cells and other parts of the blood

population profile
  • Specialized
3.6

A chart that shows how many people are in each age group

soil profile
  • Specialized
3.9

A side view of the ground showing soil layers from topsoil down to the rock beneath

How Detailed

biography
188 2.6
feature
  • Literature
155 3.1
profile
  • Literature
243 3.4
note
1.0
to mention
1.0

Surface Forms

profile singular
profiles plural

Etymology

The word profile comes from the idea of an outline or side view, from parts pro- ('forward') and filum ('line'). So a profile became a short description or an online page that gives the main 'line' of who someone is.