draft
/dɹæft/ verb C2- To write a first version; to make a preliminary sketch.
- To draw in outline; to make a draught, sketch, or plan of, as in architectural and mechanical drawing.
- To write a law.
- To select (someone or something) for a particular role or purpose. · There was a campaign to draft Smith to run for President.· They drafted me to be the chairperson of the new committee.
- To conscript (a person); to force (a person) to serve in some capacity, especially in the military. · He was drafted during the Vietnam War.
- To select and separate an animal or animals from a group. · The calves were drafted from the cows.
- To select a rookie player onto a professional sports team. · After his last year of college football, he was drafted by the Miami Dolphins.
- To follow very closely (behind another vehicle), thereby providing an aerodynamic advantage to both lead and follower and conserving energy or increasing speed.
He/she/it drafts · Past drafted · Past participle drafted · -ing form drafting
Verb forms
- Base form
- draft
- He/she/it
- drafts
- Past
- drafted
- Past participle
- drafted
- -ing form
- drafting
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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Thomson & French, Via dei Banchi, Rome; give me a draft for 4,998 louis on these gentlemen, and our banker shall take it.”
Danglars thought it as well to comply with a good grace, so he took the pen, ink, and paper Peppino offered him, wrote the draft, and signed it.
“Here,” he said, “here is a draft at sight.”
“Well, you can throw out the draft; their signature is worth five per cent.”
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