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amateur
[ am-uh-choor, -cher, -ter, am-uh-tur ]
noun
- a person who engages in a study, sport, or other activity for pleasure rather than for financial benefit or professional reasons. Compare professional.
- an athlete who has never competed for payment or for a monetary prize.
Synonyms:
- a person inexperienced or unskilled in a particular activity:
Hunting lions is not for amateurs.
Synonyms: , ,
- a person who admires something; devotee; fan:
an amateur of the cinema.
adjective
- characteristic of or engaged in by an amateur; nonprofessional:
an amateur painter; amateur tennis.
amateur
/ -tʃə; ˌæməˈtɜː; ˈæmətə; -ˌtjʊə /
noun
- a person who engages in an activity, esp a sport, as a pastime rather than professionally or for gain
- an athlete or sportsman
- a person unskilled in or having only a superficial knowledge of a subject or activity
- a person who is fond of or admires something
- modifier consisting of or for amateurs
an amateur event
adjective
- amateurish; not professional or expert
an amateur approach
Derived Forms
- ˈٱܰ, noun
Other Word Forms
- ·a·ٱܰ adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of amateur1
Example Sentences
For this tournament, he is officially classed as an amateur and this is his seventh match of the competition after he had to fight through four qualifying rounds.
Marcus-Hazel McGowan, who has been using amateur radio techniques to try and find the source, added: "It's just trying to narrow it down and hoping nobody loses their mind completely over it."
“I was an amateur and hadn’t attended culinary school, so I was scolded by my seniors every day no matter what I did.”
Wednesday's parents will also have an increased presence on campus this season - "a rare new form of torture for the fiercely independent amateur sleuth", Netflix said.
will happen if he hears his name called in this summer’s amateur draft?
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