OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 4170

profile

/ˈpɹəʊfaɪl/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
perfil
The outermost shape, view, or edge of an object.
His fingers traced the profile of the handle.
perfil
The shape, view, or shadow of a person's head from the side; a side view.
Driver's licenses have a photograph of the person on them, which is in full face if the person is above legal drinking age, or in profile if not.
The brooch showed the profile of a Victorian woman.
reseña
A summary or collection of information, especially about a person
Law enforcement assembled a profile of the suspect.
Word forms
📚 verb • entry_id 4171

profile

/ˈpɹəʊfaɪl/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
perfilar
To create a summary or collection of information about (a person, etc.).
A resource that profiles the important language of secondary disciplines by adapting the methods of EAP research could therefore be very useful for such pedagogy.
The book The Men with the Pink Triangles, profiling the lives of gay prisoners in the German concentration camp.
perfilar
To draw in profile or outline.
perfilar
To give a definite form by chiselling, milling, etc.