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draft Noun

— A draft is a piece of writing which has been or may be edited. In the first draft of the story the characters names are all different. Check final drafts for misspellings, using a dictionary or computer spelling checker. — A draft is when the military or a sport team chooses its members. Many Americans moved to Canada to avoid the draft during the war. The Tigers' first choice in yesterday's draft was pitcher George Berlin. — Depth of water needed to float a ship; depth below the water line to the bottom of a vessel's hull. (UK spelling: draught) The ship had a draft of 6 feet. — Draft is beer that is served from a large container called a keg. (UK spelling: draught) — A draft is a wind that blows inside a building. (UK spelling: draught) Close the window! That cold draft is making me sneeze.

draft Verb

— If you draft a letter, memo, agreement, etc., you write one that has been or may be edited. You should have the contract drafted by a lawyer. — If a state drafts someone, it chooses them to be in the military. I was drafted when I was 20 and spent two years fighting in France. — If a team drafts someone, it chooses them to play on the team.

draft

— verb (= outline) draw up an outline or sketch for something draft a speech — verb (= enlist) engage somebody to enter the army — noun a current of air (usually coming into a chimney or room or vehicle) — noun a document ordering the payment of money; drawn by one person or bank on another — noun a preliminary sketch of a design or picture — noun a regulator for controlling the flow of air in a fireplace — noun (= draught) a dose of liquid medicine he took a sleeping draft — noun (= drawing) the act of moving a load by drawing or pulling — noun the depth of a vessel's keel below the surface (especially when loaded) — noun any of the various versions in the development of a written work a preliminary draft the final draft of the constitution — noun (= draught) a serving of drink (usually alcoholic) drawn from a keg they served beer on draft — noun (= gulp) a large and hurried swallow he finished it at a single gulp — verb (= blueprint) make a blueprint of — noun (= conscription) compulsory military service

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draught sketch conscription outline blueprint design plan conscript draw rough copy manuscript bill of exchange cheque call up draw up chart bill project levy gulp drawing drag scheme plot muster money order draft copy current of air wind traction sip selective service rough drawing rough draft promissory note minute layout induction enlist call-up breath write tug trace tow tipple swig rough pull proof

Topics draft topics

What do people use draft to talk about?
Universe, creation Sky Weather

Wind
Language and thought Communication Reading and writing

Publish
Work and occupation

Working with buildings
Work and occupation Occupation Working with water

Conveying water

Conjugation draft conjugation

How do you conjugate draft?

draft · verb

Examples draft examples

How do I use draft in a sentence?

Simple sentences

I am writing a draft of the speech.
I've made a first draft of my thesis.
Attached is the draft compilation.
A strong draft is getting in, close the door!
Tom is a draft dodger.
A strong draft's blowing in through that window.
Do you have the time to run over the draft of my speech, Ken?
He is busy with the final draft.
Tom did a good job proofreading Mary's rough draft.
How'd he dodge the draft?
Here's a rough draft of my speech.
I feel a draft.
Journalism is the first rough draft of history.
All the doors are open, but there is no draft.
All the doors are wide open, but there is no draft.

Movie subtitles

If you build it that way, there won't be any draft.
Is there any point in our staying out here in this draft?
He won't dare follow me with his draft.
That'll be better than perishing from a draft.
There's a draft in here.
If I drew a draft, they'd be on me like a duck on a June bug.
You'll find the draft from this window will give you a stiff neck.
When I got my number for the draft.
Blasted draft in here, at that.
Did you forget to register for the draft?
I'm terribly sorry. There's rather a heavy draft. blowing through the house today.
Keeps him outta the draft, but not outta Roseland.
You will need these: Draft card, registration, classification card.. birthcertificate,driver'slicense, New York State.
The final draft.
A later draft of Balderston's was done with the collaboration of Cyril Gardner, who for a while was going to direct the film.
Here is the new draft of the treaty with Cromwell, Your Majesty.
Do you feel a draft?
The new draft is nearly here, sir.
You know your draft better than I do.
My lad, nobody can estimate my draft least of all myself.
If he stays in the draft, he'll catch cold.
If it's air they need, we can put a draft through their bow pretty quick.
What are their draft numbers?
He'll be eligible for the draft next year.
I just felt a draft.
This is a draft of my speech.
Will you have a draft?
Dr. Drossos, our American friend, would like to know. why we use the men as draft animals.
Potter became head of the draft board.
It's on my draft registration card.
Your draft registration?
All I gotta do is reregister for the draft and I'll be a civilian again.

News and current affairs

Negotiations are underway to revise a draft EU constitution.
The draft constitution would enhance the policymaking powers of the Union, with a bit more majority voting in the Council of Ministers, and a stronger role for the European Parliament.
Although much activity is under way to draft legislation to reform administrative law, these drafts are unlikely to be adopted for years.
The draft Protocol does not yet require China to adopt rules to govern administrative procedure or the standards of evidence to be used by administrative agencies.
The Protocol's current draft, indeed, falls well short of the necessary specificity.
It set up a Convention, which produced a draft treaty, and soon an Intergovernmental Conference will try to take the project to a conclusion.
European integration, is felt to have, somehow met its Waterloo in 2005, when Dutch and French referendums unexpectedly torpedoed the draft EU constitution.
In the end, Morsi insisted that the elected parliament create a constitutional assembly, which produced the draft approved in the December 2012 referendum.
The draft constitutional document presented last week introduces small but significant changes that may empower Europe's citizens to both identify with and criticize Europe.
Indeed, from the start, the architects of the Union's Constitutional Treaty never seriously expected that their draft would endure in the form in which they wrote it.
That debate is the result of the rejection of the draft treaty by French and Dutch voters in 2005.
Europe is poised on the rim of two nearly revolutionary undertakings: eastward expansion and the possibility of a draft constitution for the European Union.
After the failure in 2005 of the draft European constitution, it was far from obvious that negotiations that would yield only partial progress in improving the European Union's decision-making mechanisms was the right way to proceed.
But the firm ended up opposing the draft legislation to create such a scheme, because it did not provide sufficient free carbon-emission permits for coal companies.
ASEAN government officials have since met to draft a text.
Of course, amendments and objections to the draft should be expected.
The Bonn Conference of December 2001, which was called to draft a new Afghan constitution, excluded the vanquished.
Afterwards, the Commission will draft new merger control rules to replace the current ones which date back to 1990.
But isn't it the Convention's task to draft a new Treaty?
He suggested, among other things, that designated-senators, an anti-democratic legacy of the military regime, should be abolished, and that Chile's obligatory military draft should come to an end.
The draft revision of the NDPO seems to recognize this, emphasizing the need for Japan's own defense efforts, cooperation through the Japanese-US alliance, and contributions to multilateral missions.
In conformity with the international community's efforts to secure peace and stability, the draft also creates a core unit within each of the military branches, and establishes an integrated operational system.

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