draft

draft¹ W3S2 [dra:ft US dræft] n

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1¦(piece of writing)¦

2¦(military)¦

3¦(money)¦

4¦(sports)¦

5¦(cold air/beer)¦

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[Date: 1500-1600; Origin: DRAUGHT¹]

1.) ¦(PIECE OF WRITING)¦

a piece of writing or a plan that is not yet in its finished form

▪ the rough draft of his new novel

▪ I read the first draft and thought it was very good.

▪ All parties eventually approved the final draft (=finished form) of the peace treaty.

2.) ¦(MILITARY)¦

the draftAmE

a) a system in which people are ordered to join the army, navy etc, especially during a war

= ↑conscription

b) the group of people who are ordered to do this

3.) ¦(MONEY)¦

especially BrE a written order for money to be paid by a bank, especially from one bank to another

4.) ¦(SPORTS)¦

AmE a system in which professional teams choose players from colleges to join their teams

5.) ¦(COLD AIR/BEER)¦

the American spelling of ↑draught

draft ²

draft² v [T]

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1¦(piece of writing)¦

2¦(military)¦

3¦(sports)¦

Phrasal verbs

　draft somebody<=>in

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1.) ¦(PIECE OF WRITING)¦

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.) ¦(MILITARY)¦ [usually passive]

to order someone to join the army, navy etc, especially during a war

= ↑conscript be drafted into sth

▪ My dad was eighteen when he got drafted into the army.

3.) ¦(SPORTS)¦

AmE to choose a college player to join a professional team

▪ Craigwell was drafted by the Chicago Blackhawks.

draft in [draft sb<=>in] phr v

to ask or order someone to work in a place where they do not normally work

▪ Extra staff were drafted in to deal with the Christmas rush.

▪ Hundreds of police have been drafted into the area.

draft ³

draft³ adj

1.) draft proposal/copy/version etc

a piece of writing that is not yet in its finished form

2.) the American spelling of ↑draught