profile

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

pro·file [profile profiles profiled profiling] noun, verb BrE [ˈprəʊfaɪl] NAmE [ˈproʊfaɪl]
noun
1. the outline of a person's face when you look from the side, not the front
•his strong profile
•a picture of the president in profile
2. a description of sb/sth that gives useful information
•a job/employee profile
•We first build up a detailed profile of our customers and their requirements.
•You can update your Facebook profile (= your description of yourself on a ↑social networking website).
•The magazine published a short profile of the new mayor.
•His psychological profile is revealing.
3. the general impression that sb/sth gives to the public and the amount of attention they receive
•The deal will certainly raise the company's international profile.
•We want to improve the profile of women's health issues.
4. the edge or outline of sth that you see against a background
•the profile of the tower against the sky

Word Origin:
mid 17th cent.: from obsolete Italian profilo, from the verb profilare, from pro- ‘forth’ + filare ‘to spin’, formerly ‘draw a line’ (from Latin filare, from filum ‘thread’).

Example Bank:
•He presented his best profile to the camera.
•Margo was told to write a profile about him.
•She decided to keep a low profile until the scandal had died down.
•The data will enable us to construct a profile of the company's customers.
•The painting shows her in profile.
•The story was given a low profile in today's papers.
•a campaign to raise the profile of the city as a cultural leader
•an in-depth profile of Boris Spassky and his career
•He turned his head so his strong profile was facing the camera.
•I advised her to keep a low profile for the next few days.
•The deal will certainly raise the company's international profile.
•The job profile suits his experience exactly.
Idiom: ↑low profile
 
verb ~ sb/sth
to give or write a description of sb/sth that gives the most important information
•His career is profiled in this month's journal.
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
mid 17th cent.: from obsolete Italian profilo, from the verb profilare, from pro- ‘forth’ + filare ‘to spin’, formerly ‘draw a line’ (from Latin filare, from filum ‘thread’).