Meaning of Amateur | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A lover of something.
   archaic
2. A person attached to a particular pursuit, study, science, or art (such as music or painting), especially one who cultivates any study, interest, taste, or attachment without engaging in it professionally.
3. One lacking professional skill and ease in a particular pursuit:dabbler, dilettante, nonprofessional, smatterer, uninitiate.
4. Someone who is unqualified or insufficiently skillful.
5. an amateur golfer; amateur photography. amateurlik هِوَايَة любител amador amatérský Amateur-... amatør- ερασιτεχνικόςaficionado, amateur amatöör- تازه کار؛ ناشیانه harrastaja- amateurחובבן शौकीन amaterski műkedvelő amatir áhuga- dilettante, dilettantistico アマチュアの 아마추어인 mėgėjas amatieru- amatur amateur-amatør-amatorski, niezawodowy نوی په کار amador amator любительский amatérsky amaterski amaterski amatör- สมัครเล่น amatör 業餘的 любительський شوقیہ nghiệp dư 业余的
6. not very skilful. an amateurish drawing. amateuragtig غَير مُتْقَن، قَلِيل المَهَارَة، كَهِوايَة любителски amadorístico amatérský, diletantský dilettantisch amatøragtig; dilettantisk αδέξιοςchapucero, poco profesional asjaarmastajalik ناشیانه harrastelijamainen d'amateurחובבני अप्रवीण amaterski szakszerűtlen amatiran viðvaningslegur da dilettante しろうとの 아마추어 같은 mėgėjiškas, diletantiškas diletantisks; nemākulīgs amatur amateuristischamatørmessig nieprofesjonalny, dyletancki نا بلد mal-acabado ...
7. aficionado-a; principiante.
8. One who engages in an art, science, study, or athletic activity as a pastime rather than as a profession.
9. Sports An athlete who has never accepted money, or who accepts money under restrictions specified by a regulatory body, for participating in a competition.
   Sports
10. One lacking the skill of a professional, as in an art.
11. Of or performed by an amateur.
12. Made up of amateurs: an amateur cast.
13. Not professional; unskillful.

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Examples

“he conducted extensive correspondence on wines with European suppliers, employing a wine vocabulary familiar to any modern amateur of wines.”

“The contest is only open to amateurs.”

“The entire thing was built by some amateurs with screwdrivers and plywood.”

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