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- DictionaryAm·a·teur/ˈamədər/
noun
- 1. a person who engages in a pursuit, especially a sport, on an unpaid rather than a professional basis: "it takes five years for a top amateur to become a real Tour de France rider"
- 2. a person who is incompetent or inept at a particular activity: "that bunch of stumbling amateurs"
adjective
- 1. engaging or engaged in without payment; nonprofessional: "amateur athletics"
- 2. done in an incompetent or inept way: "it's all so amateur!"
The meaning of AMATEUR is one who engages in a pursuit, study, science, or sport as a pastime rather than as a profession. How to use amateur in a sentence. Should amateur only be used literally? Synonym Discussion of Amateur.
AMATEUR definition: 1. taking part in an activity for pleasure, not as a job: 2. relating to an activity, especially a…. Learn more.
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.
An amateur is a person who does something for enjoyment, not money, like an amateur who paints as a hobby but earns a living another way. The adjective amateur often describes a pastime, like an amateur sports league that people join to get exercise and socialize together.
1. a person who engages in an activity, esp a sport, as a pastime rather than professionally or for gain. 2. (General Sporting Terms) an athlete or sportsman. 3. a person unskilled in or having only a superficial knowledge of a subject or activity. 4. a person who is fond of or admires something.
amateur. [usually before noun] doing something for pleasure or interest, not as a job. [usually before noun] done for pleasure, not as a job. The performance sounded very amateur, I’m afraid. Definition of amateur adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary.
amateur noun [C] (HOBBY) someone who does something as a hobby and not as their job. amateur noun [C] (NO SKILL) someone who is not good at what they do: I won't be giving them any more work - they're a bunch of amateurs. (Definition of amateur from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of amateur.
