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# draft

«draft» in Mova's school dictionary: **an early version of a piece of writing, drawing or plan…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a draft, drafts); verb (draft, drafts, drafted, drafting); adjective (draft — not final)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A draft is an early version of a piece of writing, drawing or plan that is not finished and will be improved: a first draft. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/draft/#m1)

2) To draft something is to write or draw the first version of it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/draft/#m2)

3) (US) A draft is a cold current of air in a room (UK spelling: draught). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/draft/#m3)

4) (US) The draft was a system that made young men join the army; to be drafted is to be chosen for it, and in sports to be picked for a team. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/draft/#m4)

5) (money) A bank draft is a written order to pay money. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/draft/#m5)

6) (US) Draft beer is beer from a barrel (UK: draught). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/draft/#m6)

### sense in the lessons

In English lessons pupils plan, draft, edit and redraft their writing: the first draft is messy and that is normal; then you improve spelling, punctuation and word choice. In email and apps, an unsent message is saved in «Drafts». In American sports news, players are picked in «the draft». Phrases: first draft, rough draft, final draft, redraft, draft email, drafted into the army.

### examples

- Write a first draft, then check it for mistakes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/draft/#x1)
- My rough draft was full of crossings-out. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/draft/#x2)
- She drafted a letter to the council about the park. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/draft/#x3)
- The email is saved in my Drafts folder. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/draft/#x4)
- We redrafted our story to make the ending stronger. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/draft/#x5)
- (US) Close the window, there's a draft. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/draft/#x6)
- His grandfather was drafted into the army. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/draft/#x7)
- The basketball player was picked first in the draft. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/draft/#x8)

### note

Verb: draft, drafts, drafted, drafting. Spelling trap: in UK English a cold wind in a room, a beer from a barrel and the game draughts (checkers) are spelt «draught»; but a piece of writing is «draft» in both UK and US English. US English uses «draft» for all of them.

### In the corpora

- [Your best protection is simple: keep your messy notes and drafts, because they show the work is yours.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/10-using-ai-to-learn-not-to-copy/7/)
- [Keeping notes and drafts shows that your work is your own.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/10-using-ai-to-learn-not-to-copy/15/)
- [It was reported that some students were wrongly accused of cheating by AI detectors; keeping drafts and notes helps show honest work.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/22-news-jobs-art-safety/16/)
- [A draft is a version of your work that you plan to improve.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/38-praise-and-criticism-giving-and-taking-feedback/7/)
- [A draft is a version of your writing that you plan to improve.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/43-editing-and-redrafting/5/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «draft» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/draft/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.