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# profile

noun (a profile, profiles); verb (profile, profiles, profiled, profiling)

«profile» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A profile is the side view of a face or head, especially its outline. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/profile/#m1)
2. A profile is a short description of a person, place or company, telling the main facts about them. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/profile/#m2)
3. On a website, app or game, your profile is the page with your name, picture and information. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/profile/#m3)
4. To profile someone is to write or collect a description of them; in police work it means guessing what kind of person did a crime. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/profile/#m4)
5. «Keep a low profile» means try not to be noticed; a «high profile» means being well known. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/profile/#m5)

### In the lessons

In art lessons you draw a portrait in profile, from the side. In online safety lessons you learn to keep your profile private, not to share your address or school, and that a profile picture may not show who someone really is. In geography a «profile» can be a cross-section drawing of a river or hill. Phrases: profile picture, in profile, keep a low profile, high-profile, a profile of.

### Examples

- She drew her friend's face in profile. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/profile/#x1)
- Set your profile to private so strangers cannot see it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/profile/#x2)
- His profile picture was a cartoon cat. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/profile/#x3)
- The newspaper wrote a profile of the new head teacher. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/profile/#x4)
- The famous footballer is keeping a low profile after the match. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/profile/#x5)
- We drew a profile of the river from its source to the sea. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/profile/#x6)
- It was a high-profile case on the news. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/profile/#x7)
- Never put your home address on your profile. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/profile/#x8)

### Note

Countable noun: a profile, profiles. Pronounced «PRO-file». As a verb: «The magazine profiled the young inventor.» Online safety: someone's profile can be fake, so a person who says they are ten may not be. «High-profile» before a noun has a hyphen: a high-profile visit.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «profile» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/profile/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«profile» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/profile.html) on Mova free.