draft

draft
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noun
1 rough/early version of a written document
ADJECTIVE
early, first, initial, original, preliminary
rough, working
revised
final
VERB + DRAFT
draw up, prepare, produce, write

She produced an initial draft of her plans.

complete, finish

I finished the first draft in late August 2007.

send, submit

I sent an early draft to an agent.

The students were invited to submit drafts for feedback.

review

He reviewed an earlier draft of this manuscript.

approve

The preliminary draft of the agreement has been approved.

issue, publish, release
DRAFT + NOUN
agreement, bill, budget, constitution, contract, document, letter, report, treaty
law, legislation
plan, proposal
PREPOSITION
in a/the draft

These details were not included in the preliminary draft.

PHRASES
in draft form (esp. BrE)

The document is still in draft form.

2 the draft (esp. AmE) order to serve in the armed forces ⇨ See also ↑conscription
ADJECTIVE
military
VERB + THE DRAFT
avoid, dodge
oppose, support
bring back, reinstate
3 (AmE) current of air ⇨ See ↑draught
{{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}}
(also draught esp. in BrE) verb
ADVERB
carefully, properly (esp. BrE), well
badly, poorly

Some of the clauses in the contract had been very poorly drafted.

originally

The bill as originally drafted would have made the tobacco companies a lot more vulnerable to lawsuits.

hastily, quickly

hastily drafted pieces of legislation

Draft is used with these nouns as the object: ↑amendment, ↑bill, ↑charter, ↑constitution, ↑contract, ↑document, ↑law, ↑legislation, ↑letter, ↑memo, ↑memorandum, ↑paper, ↑petition, ↑plan, ↑player, ↑proposal, ↑resolution, ↑tackle, ↑treaty, ↑will
{{Roman}}III.{{/Roman}}
adj.
Draft is used with these nouns: ↑agreement, ↑amendment, ↑animal, ↑beer, ↑bill, ↑budget, ↑charter, ↑constitution, ↑convention, ↑copy, ↑directive, ↑document, ↑guideline, ↑horse, ↑legislation, ↑manuscript, ↑paper, ↑proposal, ↑recommendation, ↑regulation, ↑report, ↑resolution, ↑riot, ↑script, ↑strategy, ↑text, ↑treaty, ↑version

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