draft

1. 1.

   draw up an outline or sketch for something

   “draft a speech”

   Synonymsoutline

   Broaderwrite

   writing

2. 2.

   engage somebody to enter the army

   Synonymsenlistmuster in

   Broaderenroll

   Narrowerrecruit
3. 3.

   make a blueprint of

   Synonymsblueprintdraught

   Broaderdesign

Other forms of draft

plural

drafts·

past tense

drafted·

present participle

drafting·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about draft

What does draft mean?

draft means "a document ordering the payment of money; drawn by one person or bank on another". That is the primary sense; the word has 14 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in draft?

draft has 1 syllable: draft. In IPA it is /ˈdɹæft/.

What is another word for draft?

Close synonyms include bill of exchange, order of payment, draught, rough drawing, draught. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is draft a common word?

draft is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with draft?

5 words rhyme with draft. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.