PROFILE
Dictionary entry overview: What does profile mean?
• PROFILE (noun)
The noun PROFILE has 5 senses:
1. an analysis (often in graphical form) representing the extent to which something exhibits various characteristics
2. a side view representation of an object (especially a human face)
3. biographical sketch
4. degree of exposure to public notice
5. a vertical section of the Earth's crust showing the different horizons or layers
Familiarity information: PROFILE used as a noun is common.
• PROFILE (verb)
The verb PROFILE has 2 senses:
1. write about
2. represent in profile, by drawing or painting
Familiarity information: PROFILE used as a verb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• PROFILE (noun)
Meaning:
An analysis (often in graphical form) representing the extent to which something exhibits various characteristics
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Context examples:
a biochemical profile of blood / a psychological profile of serial killers
Hypernyms ("profile" is a kind of...):
chart (a visual display of information)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "profile"):
population profile (a chart showing the number of people as a function of their ages)
Meaning:
A side view representation of an object (especially a human face)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Hypernyms ("profile" is a kind of...):
side view (a view from the side of something)
Meaning:
Biographical sketch
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("profile" is a kind of...):
biography; life; life history; life story (an account of the series of events making up a person's life)
Meaning:
Degree of exposure to public notice
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
visibility; profile
Context example:
that candidate does not have sufficient visibility to win an election
Hypernyms ("profile" is a kind of...):
salience; saliency; strikingness (the state of being salient)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "profile"):
low profile (a state of low visibility in which public notice is avoided)
Meaning:
A vertical section of the Earth's crust showing the different horizons or layers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Hypernyms ("profile" is a kind of...):
cross section (a section created by a plane cutting a solid perpendicular to its longest axis)
Meronyms (parts of "profile"):
horizon (a specific layer or stratum of soil or subsoil in a vertical cross section of land)
soil horizon (a layer in a soil profile)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "profile"):
soil profile (a vertical section of soil from the ground surface to the parent rock)
• PROFILE (verb)
Meaning:
Write about
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Context example:
The author of this article profiles a famous painter
Hypernyms (to "profile" is one way to...):
compose; indite; pen; write (produce a literary work)
Domain category:
authorship; composition; penning; writing (the act of creating written works)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Represent in profile, by drawing or painting
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Hypernyms (to "profile" is one way to...):
interpret; represent (create an image or likeness of)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
