Meaning of "amateur" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD AMATEUR

From French, from Latin amātor lover, from amāre to love.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF AMATEUR

amateur  [ˈæmətə]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF AMATEUR

Amateur can act as a noun and an adjective.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES AMATEUR MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Amateur

An amateur is generally considered a person attached to a particular pursuit, study, or science in a non-professional or unpaid manner. Amateurs often have little or no formal training in their pursuits, and many are autodidacts. Amateurism can be seen in both a negative and positive light. Since amateurs often do not have formal training, some amateur work may be considered sub-par. For example, amateur athletes in sports such as basketball, baseball or football are regarded as having a lower level of ability than professional athletes. On the other hand, an amateur may be in a position to approach a subject with an open mind and in a financially disinterested manner. An amateur who dabbles in a field out of casual interest rather than as a profession or serious interest, or who possesses a general but superficial interest in any art or a branch of knowledge, is often referred to as a dilettante. The lack of financial benefit can also be seen as a sign of commitment to an activity; and until the 1970s the Olympic rules required that competitors be amateurs. Receiving payment to participate in an event disqualified an athlete from that event, as in the case of Jim Thorpe.

Definition of amateur in the English dictionary

The first definition of amateur in the dictionary is a person who engages in an activity, esp a sport, as a pastime rather than professionally or for gain. Other definition of amateur is an athlete or sportsman. Amateur is also a person unskilled in or having only a superficial knowledge of a subject or activity.

SYNONYMS OF «AMATEUR»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «amateur» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of amateur

bungler · bungling · cowboy · dabbler · dilettante · incapable · incapacitated · incompetent · ineffectual · inept · inexpert · insufficient · lay · layman · nonprofessional · outsider · skill-less · unable · unfit · unfitted · unskilful · useless

TRANSLATION OF AMATEUR

Find out the translation of amateur to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of amateur from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «amateur» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 业余爱好者
• Translator English - Spanish: aficionado
• English: amateur
• Translator English - Hindi: शौकिया
• Translator English - Arabic: هَاوٍ
• Translator English - Russian: любитель
• Translator English - Portuguese: amador
• Translator English - Bengali: অপেশাদার
• Translator English - French: amateur
• Translator English - Malay: Amatur
• Translator English - German: Amateur
• Translator English - Japanese: アマチュア
• Translator English - Korean: 아마추어
• Translator English - Javanese: Amatir
• Translator English - Vietnamese: người nghiệp dư
• Translator English - Tamil: அமெச்சூர்
• Translator English - Marathi: हौशी
• Translator English - Turkish: amatör
• Translator English - Italian: dilettante
• Translator English - Polish: amator
• Translator English - Ukrainian: любитель
• Translator English - Romanian: amator
• Translator English - Greek: ερασιτέχνης
• Translator English - Afrikaans: amateur
• Translator English - Swedish: amatör
• Translator English - Norwegian: amatør

10 QUOTES WITH «AMATEUR»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word amateur.

1

Kurt Angle

My true love is with amateur wrestlin;, that's where I was born. I've always wanted to wrestle.

2

Kurt Angle

I'm not going to be a guy that retires and keeps coming back. When I'm gone, I'm gone. Same thing as amateur wrestling; when I won the world championships in Olympics, I left and I never went back. Same for pro.

3

Alexis Arguello

Later in July I'm going to be promoting and putting on a boxing show of amateur fighters from July 21st through the 28th where one hundred kids will be fighting and competing with each other to see who's going to be the best.

4

Tracy Austin

The prize money for first place was $2,800, but I didn't take it because I was still an amateur.

5

Tracy Austin

I was planning to remain an amateur for a while.

6

Dave Bautista

I was an amateur wrestler, which I loved. It was my passion, but I started really late; I was a junior in high school when I began.

7

Mathew Baynton

I always had the desire to perform. If it wasn't my career now, I'd still be doing amateur dramatics. It's just something you love, and when you get paid to do it, you pinch yourself every day.

8

Henry Bessemer

At this period the enthusiasm of the amateur was fast giving way to a more steady commercial instinct, and I let no opportunity slip of improving my position, but I felt that I was still labouring under the disadvantage of not having acquired some technical profession.

9

Brian Blessed

I had to leave school at 14 because my father got injured in the mines and I had to support my family. I was an undertaker's assistant, then a plasterer, before doing my military service in the RAF. All the while, I was doing amateur dramatics and dreaming of getting a scholarship to the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School.

10

Brian Boitano

That's what amateur skating is about, technical expertise, and it should always stay that way.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «AMATEUR»

Discover the use of amateur in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to amateur and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

The Cult of the Amateur: How blogs, MySpace, YouTube, and ...

Offering concrete solutions on how we can reign in the free-wheeling, narcissistic atmosphere that pervades the Web, THE CULT OF THE AMATEUR is a wake-up call to each and every one of us.

Andrew Keen, 2007

Chess Master Vs. Chess Amateur

Twenty-five chess games chosen, arranged, annotated to help amateurs avoid a variety of weak strategic and tactical moves. With commentary by 1935–36 World Chess Champion Max Euwe. 1963 edition.

Max Euwe, 1994

The Amateur and the Professional: Antiquarians, Historians ...

This book highlights the growing divide in nineteenth-century intellectual circles between amateur and professional interest, and explores the institutional means whereby professional ascendancy was achieved in the broad field of studies of ...

P. J. A. Levine, 2003

Amateur Media: Social, Cultural and Legal Perspectives

This book will appeal to both academics and students of intellectual property and media law, as well as to scholars and students of economics, media, cultural and internet studies.

Dan Hunter, 2013

Amateur Images and Global News

The first book on this topic, Amateur Images and Global News considers at length the ethical and professional issues that arise with the use of amateur images in the mainstream news mediaOCoas well as their role in producing knowledge and ...

Kari Andén-Papadopoulos, Mervi Pantti, 2011

Astrophotography for the Amateur

This major revision of the best-selling handbook Astrophotography for the Amateur provides a complete guide to taking pictures of stars, galaxies, the Moon, the Sun, comets, meteors and eclipses, using equipment and materials readily ...

Michael A. Covington, 1999

Amateur Astronomer's Handbook

Timeless, comprehensive coverage of telescopes, mirrors, lenses, mountings, telescope drives, micrometers, spectroscopes, more. ". . . highly recommended for very serious nonprofessional astronomers." — A Guide to the Literature of ...

John Benson Sidgwick, R. C. Gamble, 1971

Amateur Telescope Making

The book not only tells the reader what he can construct, but also what it is sensible to construct given what is available commercially.

Stephen Tonkin, 1999

The Guide to Amateur Astronomy

Featuring new chapters on astro-software and CCD-imaging techniques, a book for amateur astronomers covers astrophotography, telescope construction, planetary observing, comet hunting, variable star recording, and nova discovery, and ...

Jack Newton, 1995

Advanced Amateur Astronomy

This book, first published in 1997, is for amateur astronomers and telescope users who want to move beyond elementary stargazing to more challenging projects.

Gerald North, 1997

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «AMATEUR»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term amateur is used in the context of the following news items.

Irish amateur misses out to Allen

America's Beth Allen won her first Ladies European Tour title in the ISPS Handa European Masters after Irish amateur Leona Maguire ... «Belfast Telegraph, Jul 15»

An amateur South African rugby team with little but determination …

Amateur soccer teams who also practice here have first dibs on the more level, better lit fields. Occasionally, a soccer ball rolls into the Tigers' ... «Fox News, Jul 15»

Utah State Amateur gets underway Monday at Soldier Hollow

Jon Wright watches a tee shot as he competes in the Utah State Amateur men's golf tournament Saturday, July 12, 2014, at Ogden Golf and ... «Deseret News, Jul 15»

Teenage amateur Calum books his spot in Scottish Open

Amateur Calum Hill put his local knowledge to best use and qualified for the Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Open in dramatic fashion at ... «The Courier, Jul 15»

Golfers should expect firm, fair Waterville Country Club for 96th …

The 96th Maine Amateur will play out Tuesday through Thursday on an Oakland golf course that doesn't offer a lot of frills or incentives for ... «Kennebec Journal & Morning Sentinel, Jul 15»

Amateur baseball

MUNY AAA. West Herr 7-8, Kandefers 4-4. Leib's 10-14, Orvilles 0-2. Brounschidle Post 7-7, Depew 0-0. Orchard Park Sox 7-12, Route 78 6-8. «Buffalo News, Jul 15»

Amateur baseball roundup: Farming tops Richmond, 5-3

FARMING – Brad Mergen earned a complete-game win to lead Farming to a 5-3 win over Richmond in a Stearns County League amateur ... «St. Cloud Times, Jul 15»

Top golfers at Sunnyside Monday for U.S. Amateur qualifier

WATERLOO | Many of the top amateur golfers from Iowa and the Midwest will square off Monday at Sunnyside Country Club in Waterloo to ... «Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier, Jul 15»

University of Wyoming golfer Quinton Pope wins 93rd Wyoming …

University of Wyoming rising sophomore and Cheyenne East alumnus Quinton Pope won the 93rd Wyoming Amateur Championship at the ... «Casper Star-Tribune Online, Jul 15»

Amateur Scott Mahin Hoping For Another Deep WSOP Main Event …

Mahin, from a telecommunications construction supervisor, came to represent every amateur in the field last year. As the Main Event played ... «Bluff Magazine, Jul 15»