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PROFILE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Biographical sketch

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("profile" is a kind of...):

biography; life; life history; life story (an account of the series of events making up a person's life)

Derivation:

profile (write about)

Sense 2

Meaning:

An analysis (often in graphical form) representing the extent to which something exhibits various characteristics

Example:

a psychological profile of serial killers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("profile" is a kind of...):

chart; graph (a visual display of information)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "profile"):

population profile (a chart showing the number of people as a function of their ages)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A vertical section of the Earth's crust showing the different horizons or layers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Hypernyms ("profile" is a kind of...):

cross section (a section created by a plane cutting a solid perpendicular to its longest axis)

Meronyms (parts of "profile"):

horizon (a specific layer or stratum of soil or subsoil in a vertical cross section of land)

soil horizon (a layer in a soil profile)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "profile"):

soil profile (a vertical section of soil from the ground surface to the parent rock)

Sense 4

Meaning:

An outline of something (especially a human face as seen from one side)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Hypernyms ("profile" is a kind of...):

lineation; outline (the line that appears to bound an object)

Derivation:

profile (represent in profile, by drawing or painting)

Sense 5

Meaning:

Degree of exposure to public notice

Example:

that candidate does not have sufficient visibility to win an election

Synonyms:

profile; visibility

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("profile" is a kind of...):

salience; saliency; strikingness (the state of being salient)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "profile"):

low profile (a state of low visibility in which public notice is avoided)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Represent in profile, by drawing or painting

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Hypernyms (to "profile" is one way to...):

interpret; represent (create an image or likeness of)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

profile (an outline of something (especially a human face as seen from one side))

Sense 2

Meaning:

Write about

Example:

The author of this article profiles a famous painter

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Hypernyms (to "profile" is one way to...):

compose; indite; pen; write (produce a literary work)

Domain category:

authorship; composition; penning; writing (the act of creating written works)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

Derivation:

profile (biographical sketch)

Credits

 Context examples: 

Microarray gene expression profiling studies have demonstrated the expression of ZAP-70 gene (Syk family tyrosine kinase) in this subset of CLL/CLL.

(Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia/Small Lymphocytic Lymphoma with Unmutated Immunoglobulin Heavy Chain Variable-Region Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

This project aims to profile gene expression throughout the course of brain development.

(An Atlas of the Developing Human Brain, NIH)

Uveal melanoma with low metastatic risk as defined by gene expression profiling.

(Class 1a Uveal Melanoma, NCI Thesaurus)

Gene expression profiling that classifies uveal melanomas into a low-grade group.

(Class 1 Uveal Melanoma, NCI Thesaurus)

Nanocomposites are a class of compounds with unique performance profiles with respect to rigidity and transparent barrier properties.

(Nanocomposite, NCI Thesaurus)

The technique takes advantage of the observation that the outer reaches of galaxy clusters, the largest structures in the universe held together by gravity, show similarity in their X-ray emission profiles and sizes.

("Russian Doll" Galaxy Clusters Reveal Information About Dark Energy, NASA)

Compared to paclitaxel alone, the nanodispersion-based formulation uses less toxic solvents and allows for administration of higher doses resulting in higher concentrations of paclitaxel at the tumor site, and an increased safety profile.

(Paclitaxel Injection Concentrate for Nanodispersion, NCI Thesaurus)

Perifosine has a lower gastrointestinal toxicity profile than the related agent miltefosine.

(Perifosine, NCI Thesaurus)

A protein profile search method designed to find distant homologs.

(PDB BLAST, NCI Thesaurus)

The unique mirror-image configuration of this agent renders it resistant to hydrolysis and shows a low antigenicity profile.

(PEG-linked L-RNA Oligonucleotide Hepcidin-targeting Agent NOX-H94, NCI Thesaurus)