Antonyms for draft

Grammar : Noun, verb

Spell : draft, drahft

Phonetic Transcription : dræft, drɑft

Definition of draft

Origin : c.1500, spelling variant of draught (q.v.) to reflect change in pronunciation. Among the senses that have gone with this form of the word in American English, the meaning "rough copy of a writing" (something "drawn") is attested from 14c.; that of "preliminary sketch from which a final copy is made" is from 1520s; that of "flow of a current of air" is from c.1770. Of beer from the 1830s, in reference to the method of "drawing" it from the cask. Sense in bank draft is from 1745. The meaning "a drawing off a group for special duty" is from 1703, in U.S. especially of military service; the verb in this sense first recorded 1714. Related: Drafted; drafting.

noun something formulated; plan
noun check for paying money
noun gust of air
noun military conscription
noun drink of beverage
verb formulate
verb select for military force

Example sentences :

When you kill off all your present army, you must git up a draft.
Extract from : « Punchinello, Vol. 1. No. 20, August 13, 1870 » by Various

In the first draft of his will Shakespeare did not mention his wife.
Extract from : « The Man Shakespeare » by Frank Harris

We left it slightly ajar to create a draft; the night was warm.
Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter

He puzzles and puzzles, and asks me did I bring the draft, and was that your writing at the bottom of it?
Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 4 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth

One of the Julias went in this draft, but all the rest of us were kept at Halifax.
Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper

One who drafts a plan of your house, and plans a draft of your money.
Extract from : « The Devil's Dictionary » by Ambrose Bierce

Nevertheless, the excitement created by the draft did not subside at once.
Extract from : « Beauty and The Beast, and Tales From Home » by Bayard Taylor

Since we met, I've written the first draft of a novel, which is unreadable, and a play.
Extract from : « The Education of Eric Lane » by Stephen McKenna

The draft, needless to say, was the more welcome of the two.
Extract from : « From the St. Lawrence to the Yser with the 1st Canadian brigade » by Frederic C. Curry

But this particular year—the year in which this chronicle begins—no draft had been received.
Extract from : « Cy Whittaker's Place » by Joseph C. Lincoln

Synonyms for draft

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