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1. (n.) amateur
a person who engages in a study, sport, or other activity for pleasure rather than for financial benefit.
2. amateur
an athlete who has never competed for payment or for a monetary prize.
3. amateur
a person inexperienced or unskilled in a particular activity:
Detective work is not for amateurs.
4. amateur
a lover or devotee of an art, science, etc.
5. (adj.) amateur
pertaining to, characteristic of, or engaged in by an amateur:
amateur tennis.
6. amateur
composed of amateurs.
7. amateur
being an amateur:
an amateur painter.
Etymology: (1775–85; < F, MF < L amātor lover =amā(re) to love +-tor -tor)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) amateur
someone who pursues a study or sport as a pastime
2. (adj) amateur
an athlete who does not play for pay
3. (adj) amateur, recreational, unpaid
engaged in as a pastime
"an amateur painter"; "gained valuable experience in amateur theatricals"; "recreational golfers"; "reading matter that is both recreational and mentally stimulating"; "unpaid extras in the documentary"
4. (adj) amateurish, amateur, inexpert, unskilled
lacking professional skill or expertise
"a very amateurish job"; "inexpert but conscientious efforts"; "an unskilled painting"
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1. (noun) amateur
≠ professional
The musicians were all amateurs.; amateur ice skaters
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) amateur
a person attached to a particular pursuit, study, or science as to music or painting; esp. one who cultivates any study or art, from taste or attachment, without pursuing it professionally
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Sense: a person who takes part in a sport etc without being paid for it
The tennis tournament was open only to amateurs.
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 Afrikaans: amateur |
 Arabic: الهَاوِي |
 Bulgarian: любител |
 Brazilian: amador |
 Czech: amatér, neprofesionál |
 German: der/die Amateur(in) |
 Danish: amatør |
 Greek: ερασιτέχνης |
 Spanish: aficionado, amateur |
 Estonian: amatöör |
 Farsi: آماتور؛ غیرحرفه ای |
 Finnish: amatööri |
 French: amateur/-trice |
 Hebrew: חוֹבֵב |
 Hindi: शौकीन, अव्यवसायी |
 Croatian: amater |
 Hungarian: amatőr |
 Indonesian: amatir |
 Icelandic: áhugamaður |
 Italian: dilettante, non professio |
 Japanese: アマチュア |
 Korean: 아마추어 |
 Lithuanian: mėgėjas |
 Latvian: amatieris |
 Malay: amatur |
 Dutch: amateur |
 Norwegian: amatør |
 Polish: amator |
 Persian: آماتور؛ غیرحرفه ای |
 Pashto: آماتور، بی حرفی یا بی مسل |
 Portuguese: amador |
 Romanian: amator |
 Russian: любитель |
 Slovak: amatér, -ka |
 Slovenian: ljubitelj, amater |
 Serbian: amater |
 Swedish: amatör |
 Thai: มือสมัครเล่น |
 Turkish: amatör |
 Taiwanese: 業餘參與者 |
 Ukrainian: любитель |
 Urdu: بلا معاوضہ کھیلنے والا کھ |
 Vietnamese: vận động viên nghiệp dư |
 Chinese: 业余活动者 |
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