profile

Bedeutung (Englisch)

Noun

1. (countable) The outermost shape, view, or edge of an object.
2. (countable) The shape, view, or shadow of a person's head from the side; a side view.
3. (countable) A summary or collection of information, especially about a person
4. (Internet, countable) A specific page or field in which users can provide various types of personal information in software or Internet systems.
5. (figuratively, uncountable) Reputation, prominence; noticeability.
6. (uncountable) The amount by which something protrudes.
7. (countable, uncountable) A smoothed (e.g., troweled or brushed) vertical surface of an excavation showing evidence of at least one feature or diagnostic specimen; the graphic recording of such as by sketching, photographing, etc.
8. (countable, uncountable) Character; totality of related characteristics; signature; status (especially in scientific, technical, or military uses).
9. (countable, uncountable) A section of any member, made at right angles with its main lines, showing the exact shape of mouldings etc.
10. (countable, uncountable) A drawing exhibiting a vertical section of the ground along a surveyed line, or graded work, as of a railway, showing elevations, depressions, grades, etc.
11. (countable, slang, uncountable) An exemption from certain types of duties due to injury or disability.
12. (countable) A user's preferences.

Verb

1. (transitive) To create a summary or collection of information about (a person, etc.).
2. To act based on such a summary, especially one that is a stereotype; to engage in profiling.
3. (transitive) To draw in profile or outline.
4. (transitive) To give a definite form by chiselling, milling, etc.
5. (transitive) To measure the performance of various parts of (a program) so as to locate bottlenecks.

Konzepte

Profil

profilieren

Querschnitt

Seitenansicht

Kurzbiographie

Synonyme

outline

contour

silhouette

side view

section

biography

sideview

cross section

visibility

configuration

appearance

longitudinal section

vertical section

side of face

shape

distinguish

event

features

figure

film

📽️

form

forming

gain

general view

illustrate

limn

loop

➿

picture

plane section

portrait

portray

qualify

represent

rough sketch

scatter diagram

scattergram

sectional

sectional drawing

sectional view

section plan

shoot

show

side elevation

situation

sketch

soil profile

specialization

tangent plane

form line

type

Übersetzungen

profil

profilo

perfil

perfil

profil

προφίλ

profiel

karakterschets

doorsnede

perfil

doorsnee

profiler

sagoma

profilé

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/ˈpɹəʊfaɪl/

Etymologie (Englisch)

From French profil, from Italian profilo (“a border”), later also proffilo (“a side-face, profile”), from Latin pro (“before”) + filo (“a line, stroke, thread”), from filum (“a thread”); see file. Doublet of purfle.