to draft
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3.7
- verb
- /dræft/
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- In fact, I was a member of the board when we drafted it.
- draft a proposal
- draft a plan
- draft a bill
This is based on a curved crease design, which initially drafted on paper and then in plastic.
- This is based on a curved crease design, which initially drafted on paper and then in plastic.
- Just get that addendum drafted as a formal contingency agreement.
- Like that could overtime save authors tons of time, especially if you're drafting and outlining multiple books.
- Let's negotiate the deal points first before we start drafting.
- Remember, because a party can draft their own contract or by an attorney.
- His job was not, you know, like any of the lawyers to review anything, to analyze it to, you know, draft anything.
- So get your measurements and then draft, make a muslin, fit it to yourself and then finesse your block and move forward.
- In fact, the the Universal Declaration was drafted not just by Western states, but all states, including Africa, including Egypt.
Examples
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The committee will draft a proposal to improve the local park next month.
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The negotiation was done, the contract drafted, and the deal closed in two weeks.
Fiction book (1999) -
A letter is being drafted to your father, sir.
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Yes, but, we let his lawyers draft his contract and this is ridiculous.
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Students should start by using CAD to draft a basic floor plan for a bathroom.
Academic text (2008) -
You will have to detail everything that goes into making that product amazing and talk to a lawyer to draft a provisional patent.
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Russia's first constitution was drafted the next year.
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In fact, I've already drafted a letter to Mr. Loewen offering to settle at $8 million.
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Everybody's ready to move on from this gridlock which is why my staff and I have drafted new legislation.
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Thomas Jefferson seized on the English Declaration's format when drafting the Declaration of Independence.
Academic text (2008)
Synonyms
148
3.3
To give the main points of something
97
3.7
To prepare and write official papers such as contracts or wills
45
3.0
To make a quick rough drawing to plan an idea
1
5.1
To make a simple first version of an idea or plan as a quick drawing
1
6.6
Make a simple first version to show the main plan
Compounds
- Specialized
1
7.8
A boat with a bottom that does not go deep so it can move in shallow water
How Complete
Surface Forms
Etymology
The verb draft comes from draw 'to make or sketch', so to draft a letter or plan is to make its first version or outline.