amateur
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- noun
- /ˈæmətʃʊr/
:
aficionado
- But I'll leave the practicing to the amateurs.
- amateurs and professionals
- expert amateurs
- amateurs and collectors
Like when you're in the amateurs, it's just, it's a sport.
- Like when you're in the amateurs, it's just, it's a sport.
- That's how big amateur boxing was in those days.
- How can someone self diagnose if they're an amateur who's chomping at the bit to turn pro?
- They didn't like it in the amateurs in boxing.
- He does deuces Michael training the whole time leading up from amateur to that world title.
- I think that it was once said to me, experts know, amateurs say, I think.
- My first competition as an amateur, I do this show, I win the show.
Examples
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Eventually, however, he made the kind of mistake we expect amateurs to make.
Fiction book (1993) -
"I do know a little about painting and antiques, but I'm an amateur," Paul said.
Fiction book (1990) -
This is what happens when you hire an amateur.
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Mark Wright has had multiple amateur fights before me.
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We'll leave that to the amateurs.
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My mother was a prompter in a local amateur theatrical society.
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Jazz realized she was still an amateur, a hobbyist who had had no one to guide her.
Fiction book (1990) -
Her Lady M., Sally Rath, was a talented amateur but unlikely to make the jump to professional.
Fiction book (1998) -
We either have rank amateurs who got lucky or consummate professionals who messed up.
Fiction book (1999) -
The tournament was open to all players, both professional and amateur.
Synonyms
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3.5
A person who does an activity for fun, not as a job
1
9.9
Having only a small, not serious interest in a subject and little real knowledge
Antonyms
How Professional
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Surface Forms
Etymology
The word amateur comes from the Latin root amare 'to love' and passed into French. It used to mean a person who does an activity for the love of it, not as a job, which is why an amateur takes part for pleasure rather than pay.