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word draft
definition
noun
A draft is an early version of a letter, book, or speech.
I rewrote his rough draft, which was published under my name.
I emailed a first draft of this article to him.
...a draft report from a major U.S. university.
...a draft law.
The draft is the practice of ordering people to serve in the armed forces, usually for a limited period of time.
...his effort to avoid the draft.
A draft is a written order for payment of money by a bank, especially from one bank to another.
The money was payable by a draft drawn by the home.
Ten days later Carmen received a bank draft for a plane ticket.
verb
When you draft a letter, book, or speech, you write the first version of it.
He drafted a standard letter to the editors.
The legislation was drafted by House Democrats.
If you are drafted, you are ordered to serve in the armed forces, usually for a limited period of time.
During the Second World War, he was drafted into the U.S. Army.
He wasn't drafted for the war; he volunteered for the Navy.
If people are drafted into a place, they are moved there to do a particular job .
Extra police have been drafted into the town after the violence.
The manager will make a special plea to draft the player into his squad as a replacement.
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