draft

Từ điển tiếng Anh - Cambridge Advanced Learners Dictionary

draft UK [drɑːft] US [dræft] noun [ drafts ]
 
PLAN

1. <A > countable a piece of text, a formal suggestion or a drawing in its original state, often containing the main ideas and intentions but not the developed form
• This is only a rough draft - the finished article will have pictures as well.
• She asked me to check the (first) draft of her proposal.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Pieces of writing
 
• I've knocked out a first draft of the report which we can amend at a later date.
• We decided to abandon the first draft of the report and start over.
• The first draft of his novel needed a substantial amount of rewriting.
• We submitted a rough draft of the changes we proposed to make and waited for the council's approval.
• He pointed out that the latest chapter was only a draft and not the final version.
 
MILITARY
2. the draft mainly US ( UK conscription )
the system of ordering people by law to join the armed forces
• He avoided the draft because of a foot injury.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Joining or leaving the army
 
MONEY
3. countable a written order for money to be paid by a bank, especially to another bank
• I arranged for some money to be sent from London to Madrid by banker's draft.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Forms of money and methods of payment
 
COLD AIR
4. countable US for draught
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Wind and winds ↑Stormy weather
 
verb UK
 
PLAN

1. to write down a document for the first time, including the main points but not all the details
• Draft a proposal for the project and we can discuss it at the meeting.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Editing and compiling ↑Correcting and mending ↑Publishing
 
MILITARY

2. transitive usually passive mainly US ( UK conscript ) to order people by law to join the armed forces
• He was drafted (into the army) at eighteen.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Joining or leaving the army
Phrasal Verb: draft somebody in
 
adjective before noun
describes a plan, document etc. in its first form, including the main points but not all the details
• a draft plan/bill/proposal
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Editing and compiling ↑Correcting and mending ↑Publishing

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  draught, drawing, gulp, swig, conscription, muster, selective service, draft copy, potation, tipple, rough drawing, bill of exchange, order of payment, blueprint, enlist, muster in, outline
• Từ trái nghĩa / Antonyms:
  discharge, muster out