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| Date: | 1600-1700 |
| Language: | Italian |
| Origin: | profilo, from profilare 'to draw the edge of something', from filare 'to spin' |
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pro‧file1 W3
[countable]
[countable]1 a side view of someone's head : 
Dani has a lovely profile.
head
Dani has a lovely profile.2 a short description that gives important details about a person, a group of people, or a place : a job profile
description
a job profile3 something that is high profile is noticed by many people or gets a lot of attention : Jack runs a department with a high public profile.
high profile
Jack runs a department with a high public profile.5 if a person or an organization raises its profile, it gets more attention from the public : an advertising campaign designed to raise the bank's profile
raise somebody's profile
an advertising campaign designed to raise the bank's profile6 an edge or shape of something seen against a background : the sharp profile of the western foothills against the sky
shape
the sharp profile of the western foothills against the sky