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 →

2) To draft something is to write or draw the first version of it. tree →

3) (US) A draft is a cold current of air in a room (UK spelling: draught). tree →

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 →

5) (money) A bank draft is a written order to pay money. tree →

6) (US) Draft beer is beer from a barrel (UK: draught). tree →

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 →
• My rough draft was full of crossings-out. tree →
• She drafted a letter to the council about the park. tree →
• The email is saved in my Drafts folder. tree →
• We redrafted our story to make the ending stronger. tree →
• (US) Close the window, there's a draft. tree →
• His grandfather was drafted into the army. tree →
• The basketball player was picked first in the draft. tree →

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.
• Keeping notes and drafts shows that your work is your own.
• It was reported that some students were wrongly accused of cheating by AI detectors; keeping drafts and notes helps show honest work.
• A draft is a version of your work that you plan to improve.
• A draft is a version of your writing that you plan to improve.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «draft» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.