What part of speech is profiling?

Profiling can be categorized as a verb and a noun.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. profiling is a verb, gerund of profile (infinitive).
  • 2. profiling is a noun, singular of profilings.

Inflections

Verb

Noun

What does profiling mean?

Definitions

Verb

profile - write about; "The author of this article profiles a famous painter"
profile - represent in profile, by drawing or painting

Noun

profiling - recording a person's behavior and analyzing psychological characteristics in order to predict or assess their ability in a certain sphere or to identify a particular group of people

Examples of profiling

#   Sentence  
1. noun Racial profiling is a controversial police tactic.
2. noun A biochemical profile of blood.
3. noun A psychological profile of serial killers.
4. noun The FBI's profile includes a US-based supporter of the militant islamists.
5. noun My understanding was that ECS was to provide a means to access CDEC's online profile in order for us to make a decision to avoid running the compressor during CDEC's peak load periods.
6. noun The paper published a profile of its new editor.
7. noun The portrait shows the profile of a beautiful woman.
8. noun Enclosed is our company profile.
9. noun I saw your name and posts in an English forum and took the liberty of reading your profile.
10. noun How often do you edit your profile?
11. noun Not even at gunpoint will Imogen of the Internet admit she only learned CSS to spruce up her Myspace profile in the 2000s.
12. noun For several months after the robbery the thieves kept a low profile.
13. noun Tom told Mary that she shouldn't include her phone number in her profile.
14. noun I saw your profile today at tatoeba.org and I love it. I would like to know more about you, so please email me back and I will send you some pictures of me.
15. noun I couldn't tell what kind of person this girl I met on the internet was from her profile, but something about her still piqued my curiosity, as though I had met her in a previous life, or something occult-ish like that, anyways.
16. verb You were profiling, and I beat the shit outta you!
Sentence  
noun
Racial profiling is a controversial police tactic.
A biochemical profile of blood.
A psychological profile of serial killers.
The FBI's profile includes a US-based supporter of the militant islamists.
My understanding was that ECS was to provide a means to access CDEC's online profile in order for us to make a decision to avoid running the compressor during CDEC's peak load periods.
The paper published a profile of its new editor.
The portrait shows the profile of a beautiful woman.
Enclosed is our company profile.
I saw your name and posts in an English forum and took the liberty of reading your profile.
How often do you edit your profile?
Not even at gunpoint will Imogen of the Internet admit she only learned CSS to spruce up her Myspace profile in the 2000s.
For several months after the robbery the thieves kept a low profile.
Tom told Mary that she shouldn't include her phone number in her profile.
I saw your profile today at tatoeba.org and I love it. I would like to know more about you, so please email me back and I will send you some pictures of me.
I couldn't tell what kind of person this girl I met on the internet was from her profile, but something about her still piqued my curiosity, as though I had met her in a previous life, or something occult-ish like that, anyways.
verb
You were profiling, and I beat the shit outta you!

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