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# redraft

«redraft» in Mova's school dictionary: **To write a piece of writing again, making it better** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (redraft, redrafts, redrafted, redrafting); noun (a redraft, redrafts)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To write a piece of writing again, making it better. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/redraft/#m1)

2) (noun) A new, improved version of a piece of writing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/redraft/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In English lessons redrafting is a key step in writing: plan, draft, edit, redraft, publish. You fix spelling, add better words, change the order and improve the ending. In adult life laws, letters and plans are redrafted. Phrases: «redraft your story», «a first redraft».

### examples

- Please redraft your story using the teacher's comments. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/redraft/#x1)
- I redrafted my letter three times. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/redraft/#x2)
- The redraft is much clearer than the first draft. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/redraft/#x3)
- We redrafted the class rules together. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/redraft/#x4)
- When you redraft, check your full stops and capital letters. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/redraft/#x5)
- The council redrafted its plan after people complained. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/redraft/#x6)

### note

Regular verb: redrafted. Synonyms: revise, rewrite. A draft is a first try; a redraft is a later try. UK spelling «draft»; «draught» is a cold air current or a game piece — a trap.

### Trees and pragmatics

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