profile

shafin asusu

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈprəʊfaɪl/
• (US) IPA: /ˈproʊfaɪl/

• Audio (UK)

  (file)

Noun

Singular profile

Plural profiles

1. (countable) A profile is a short biographical description of a person. <> ɗan tarihin mutum.

   Because it was known that the serial killer was a European adult male, the police used that profile to exclude all women, children, and racial minorities from their list of suspects.

2. (countable) A profile is a picture of a person.
3. (countable) A profile is the most visible parts of an object.
4. (countable) A profile is a person's head, being viewed from the side.

Verb

Plain form (yanzu) profile

3rd-person singular (ana cikin yi) profiles

Past tense (ya wuce) profiled

Past participle (ya wuce) profiled

Present participle (ana cikin yi) profiling

1. (transitive) If somebody like the police or government profiles a person, they make judgements about them based on identifiable characteristics.

   Unfortunately, racial profiling causes problems for for Middle Eastern men when they fly.