how to pronounce amateur

/ˈæm.ə.təɹ/

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amateur is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of amateur in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… employed the amateur yeah same get ready …”

meaning of amateur

Amateur means someone who is not paid to do something, someone who does something for pleasure.

amateur frequency in english - C1 level of CEFR

the word amateur occurs in english on average 15.9 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics amateur can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that amateur can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

2) education, science, and technology;

3) leisure and entertainment;

4) people, society, and culture;