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Collocations for amateur - noun

1. sb who does an activity for pleasure, not money

ADJECTIVE

gifted, talented, top
enthusiastic (esp. BrE), keen (BrE)
gentleman (BrE)
International affairs today are no longer for gentleman amateurs.

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PREPOSITION

as an amateur
I was competing as an amateur.

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2. sb who is not very good at sth

ADJECTIVE

bumbling (esp. BrE), complete, rank
The others had often been skiing before and made her feel like a rank amateur.

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… OF AMATEURS

bunch
They're just a bunch of amateurs.

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Collocations for amateur - adj.

Amateur is used with these nouns:
actor, actress, archaeologist, artist, athlete, athletics, boxing, circuit, cook, detective, football, footballer, gardener, golf, golfer, historian, jockey, musician, orchestra, painter, performance, performer, photographer, photography, production, rank, rugby, singer, soccer, sport, sportsman, sportswoman, status, theatre, tournament, video

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