draft
verb/drɑːft/
/dræft/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they draft | /drɑːft/ /dræft/ |
| he / she / it drafts | /drɑːfts/ /dræfts/ |
| past simple drafted | /ˈdrɑːftɪd/ /ˈdræftɪd/ |
| past participle drafted | /ˈdrɑːftɪd/ /ˈdræftɪd/ |
| -ing form drafting | /ˈdrɑːftɪŋ/ /ˈdræftɪŋ/ |
- draft something to write the first rough version of something such as a letter, speech, book or law
- I'll draft a letter for you.
- The military began drafting a new constitution.
- Members of Parliament are busy drafting new legislation.
- to draft a bill/law/plan
Extra ExamplesTopics Literature and writingb2, Law and justiceb2, Businessb2, Phones, email and the internetb2- Some of the clauses in the contract had been very poorly drafted.
- The bill as originally drafted would have made the tobacco companies a lot more vulnerable to lawsuits.
- hastily drafted pieces of legislation
- They have already drafted a contract and started preparing to work together.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- carefully
- properly
- well
- …
- draft somebody + adv./prep. to choose people and send them somewhere for a special task
- Extra police are being drafted in to control the crowds.
- [usually passive] (North American English) (also conscript especially in British English)to order somebody by law to join the armed forces
- be drafted (into something) They were drafted into the army.
Word Originmid 16th cent.: phonetic spelling of draught.
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