amateur - Very Detailed Details ENG

amateur

/ˈæmətə(r)/, /ˈæmətʃə(r)/

1 usually before noun doing something for pleasure or interest, not as a job

an amateur photographer

2 usually before noun done for pleasure, not as a job

amateur athletics

3 (also amateurish) (usually disapproving) not done or made well or with skill

The performance sounded very amateur, I’m afraid.

amateur

/ˈæmətə(r)/, /ˈæmətʃə(r)/

1 a person who takes part in a sport or other activity for pleasure, not as a job

The tournament is open to both amateurs and professionals.

Collocations

adjective

giftedtalentedtop…

preposition

as an amateur

2 (usually disapproving) a person who does not have enough skill to be able to do something well

This work was done by a bunch of amateurs!

The others had been skiing since they could walk and made her look a rank amateur.

Collocations

adjective

bumblingcompleterank…

… of amateurs

bunch

Word Origin

late 18th cent.: from French, from Italian amatore, from Latin amator ‘lover’, from amare ‘to love’.

e.g. adj

e.g. noun