I.
noun
1 rough/early version of a written document
ADJECTIVE
▪ early , first , initial , original , preliminary
▪ rough , working
▪ revised
▪ final
VERB + DRAFT
▪ draw up , prepare , produce , write
▪
She produced an initial ~ of her plans.
▪ complete , finish
▪
I finished the first ~ in late August 2007.
▪ send , submit
▪
I sent an early ~ to an agent.
▪
The students were invited to submit ~s for feedback.
▪ review
▪
He reviewed an earlier ~ of this manuscript.
▪ approve
▪
The preliminary ~ of the agreement has been approved.
▪ issue , publish , release
DRAFT + NOUN
▪ agreement , bill , budget , constitution , contract , document , letter , report , treaty
▪ law , legislation
▪ plan , proposal
PREPOSITION
▪ in a/the ~
▪
These details were not included in the preliminary ~.
PHRASES
▪ in ~ form ( esp. BrE )
▪
The document is still in ~ form.
2 the draft ( esp. AmE ) order to serve in the armed forces ⇨ See also ↑ conscription
ADJECTIVE
▪ military
VERB + THE DRAFT
▪ avoid , dodge
▪ oppose , support
▪ bring back , reinstate
3 ( AmE ) current of air ⇨ See ↑ draught
II.
(also draught esp. in BrE ) verb
ADVERB
▪ carefully , properly ( esp. BrE ), well
▪ badly , poorly
▪
Some of the clauses in the contract had been very poorly ~ed.
▪ originally
▪
The bill as originally ~ed would have made the tobacco companies a lot more vulnerable to lawsuits.
▪ hastily , quickly
▪
hastily ~ed pieces of legislation
Draft is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ amendment , ↑ bill , ↑ charter , ↑ constitution , ↑ contract , ↑ document , ↑ law , ↑ legislation , ↑ letter , ↑ memo , ↑ memorandum , ↑ paper , ↑ petition , ↑ plan , ↑ player , ↑ proposal , ↑ resolution , ↑ tackle , ↑ treaty , ↑ will
III.
adj.
Draft is used with these nouns: ↑ agreement , ↑ amendment , ↑ animal , ↑ beer , ↑ bill , ↑ budget , ↑ charter , ↑ constitution , ↑ convention , ↑ copy , ↑ directive , ↑ document , ↑ guideline , ↑ horse , ↑ legislation , ↑ manuscript , ↑ paper , ↑ proposal , ↑ recommendation , ↑ regulation , ↑ report , ↑ resolution , ↑ riot , ↑ script , ↑ strategy , ↑ text , ↑ treaty , ↑ version