noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a professional/amateur actor
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It isn’t easy to become a successful professional actor.
amateur/professional golf
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The standard of women's amateur golf is certainly improving.
an enthusiastic amateur (= someone with a fairly low level of skill who tries hard )
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There are a few professionals in the race, but most are enthusiastic amateurs.
rank amateurs (= not at all good or professional )
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They make us look like rank amateurs .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Compared to those guys, I'm an amateur .
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The cast was made up mostly of amateurs.
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The orchestra is made up entirely of amateurs.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Expectations for Verplank soared after that tour victory in 1985, the first by an amateur since Gene Littler in 1954.
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From 175 out of 450 county cricketers in 1949 the number of amateurs fell to 72 out of 370 in 1961.
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It is obvious that it thought the enlightened amateur , like Hope himself, was the ideal judge.
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Jack Lemmon, his longtime amateur partner, will be absent after 23 consecutive unsuccessful attempts to make the pro-am cut.
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John Enright of the Olympic Club is one of the amateurs.
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The first time, in 1962, Daley ran a political amateur for sheriff and Ogilvie beat him.
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They are a magnet for tourists, experienced boaters and amateurs alike.