| Front | draft |
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| Back | draft noun, adjective, verb BrE /drɑːft/ NAmE /dræft/ noun word origin culture thesaurus example bank 1 [countable] a rough written version of sth that is not yet in its final form I've made a rough draft of the letter. This is only the first draft of my speech. the final draft (= the final version) The legislation is still in draft form. a draft constitution/treaty/agreement 2 [countable] (finance) a written order to a bank to pay money to sb Payment must be made by bank draft drawn on a UK bank. 3 the draft [singular] (especially US) = conscription 4 [singular] (NAmE) a system in which professional teams in some sports choose players each year from among college students He was the fourth player chosen in the 2007 draft, but the first of his class to reach the major leagues. 5 [countable] (NAmE) = draught Can you shut the door? There's a draft in here. adjective word origin (NAmE) = draught verb verb forms word origin thesaurus example bank (also draught especially in BrE) 1 ~ sth to write the first rough version of sth such as a letter, speech or book to draft a constitution/contract/bill I'll draft a letter for you. 2 ~ sb + adv./prep. to choose people and send them somewhere for a special task Extra police are being drafted in to control the crowds. 3 [usually passive] ~ sb (NAmE) = conscript They were drafted into the army. |
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