draft

draft
1 noun
1 UNFINISHED FORM (C) a piece of writing, a drawing, or a plan that is not yet in its finished form: make a draft: Let's make a rough draft of the letter. | first/final draft: the first draft of a poem | draft proposal/copy/version etc: a draft copy of a newspaper article
2 ARMY the draft AmE
a) informal a system in which people are ordered to fight for their country when it is involved in a war; conscription
b) the group of people who are ordered to do this
3 MONEY (C) especially BrE a written order for money to be paid by a bank, especially from one bank to another: by draft: Payment must be made by bank draft.
4 SPORT (C) a system in some American sports in which professional (3) teams pick players from colleges for their teams
5 COLD AIR/DRINKS (C) the American spelling of draught
2 verb (T)
1 to write a plan, letter, report etc that will need to be changed before it is in its finished form: Eva's busy drafting her speech for the conference.
2 AmE to order someone to serve in their country's military during a war; call­up BrE; conscript 1 (1): be drafted into sth: Joe's been drafted into the army.

Longman dictionary of contemporary English. 2004.

Игры ⚽ Нужна курсовая?
Synonyms:
, , , / , , , / , , ,


Look at other dictionaries:

  • draft — 1 n 1: a preliminary version of something (as a law) 2 a: a system for or act of selecting individuals from a group (as for military service) b: the act or process of selecting an individual (as for political candidacy) without his or her… …   Law dictionary

  • Draft — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Un draft es un proceso utilizado en los Estados Unidos, Canadá, y Australia para poder asignar determinados jugadores a equipos deportivos. En un draft, los equipos se turnan la selección de un grupo de jugadores… …   Wikipedia Español

  • Draft — Draft, a. 1. Pertaining to, or used for, drawing or pulling (as vehicles, loads, etc.). Same as {Draught}; as, a draft horse. [1913 Webster] 2. Relating to, or characterized by, a draft, or current of air. Same as {Draught}. [1913 Webster] Note:… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Draft ox — Draft Draft, a. 1. Pertaining to, or used for, drawing or pulling (as vehicles, loads, etc.). Same as {Draught}; as, a draft horse. [1913 Webster] 2. Relating to, or characterized by, a draft, or current of air. Same as {Draught}. [1913 Webster]… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Draft 7.30 — Studio album by Autechre Released 7 April 2003 …   Wikipedia

  • Draft 7.30 — Студи …   Википедия

  • draft — draft·able; draft; draft·ee; draft·er; draft·i·ly; draft·i·ness; draft·man; in·draft; re·draft; draft·man·ship; …   English syllables

  • draft — [n1] something formulated; plan abstract, blueprint, delineation, outline, preliminary form, rough sketch, version; concepts 271,660 draft [n2] check for paying money bank draft, bill, bond, cheque, coupon, debenture, IOU, letter of credit, money …   New thesaurus

  • draft — [draft, dräft] n. [ME draught, a drawing, pulling, stroke < base of OE dragan, DRAW] 1. a) a drawing or pulling, as of a vehicle or load b) the thing, quantity, or load pulled 2. a) a drawing in of a fish net …   English World dictionary

  • draft — /draft / (say drahft) noun 1. Also, draught. a drawing, sketch, or design. 2. Also, draught. a first or preliminary form of any writing, subject to revision and copying. 3. Also, draught. the act of drawing; delineation. 4. US the taking of… …  

  • Draft — (dr[.a]ft), n. [The same word as draught. OE. draught, draht, fr. AS. dragan to draw. See {Draw}, and cf. {Draught}.] 1. The act of drawing; also, the thing drawn. Same as {Draught}. [1913 Webster] Everything available for draft burden. S. G.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
… Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”