draft copy

1. 1.

   any of the various versions in the development of a written work

   “a preliminary draft”

   “the final draft of the constitution”

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Questions about draft copy

What does draft copy mean?

draft copy means "any of the various versions in the development of a written work".

What is another word for draft copy?

Close synonyms include draft. 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 copy a common word?

draft copy is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.