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noun face seen from the side ADJ. beautiful, handsome | strong | three-quarter VERB + PROFILE present PREP. in ~ The painting shows her in profile. PHRASES sb's best profile He presented his best profile to the camera. description of sb/sth ADJ. detailed | age, career, psychological | company, customer | financial, social VERB + PROFILE build up, construct, develop PREP. ~ of The data will enable us to construct a profile of the firm's customers. public image ADJ. high, low She decided to keep a low profile until the scandal had died down. | public | political | corporate VERB + PROFILE have | give sb/sth The story was given a low profile in today's papers. | improve, increase, raise a campaign to raise the profile of the city as a cultural leader | lower | keep, maintain | adopt
Oxford Collocations Dictionary