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profile

243 3.4
A short description of a person, often in an article or online page
  • noun
  • /ˈproʊfaɪl/
  • Literature
: 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.