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Collocations for draft - noun

1. rough/early version of a written document

ADJECTIVE

early, first, initial, original, preliminary
rough, working
revised
final

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VERB + draft

draw up, prepare, produce, write
She produced an initial draft of her plans.
complete, finish
I finished the first draft in late August 2007.
send, submit
I sent an early draft to an agent.
The students were invited to submit drafts for feedback.
review
He reviewed an earlier draft of this manuscript.
approve
The preliminary draft of the agreement has been approved.
issue, publish, release

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draft + NOUN

agreement, bill, budget, constitution, contract, document, letter, report, treaty
law, legislation
plan, proposal

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PREPOSITION

in a/the draft
These details were not included in the preliminary draft.

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PHRASES

in draft form (esp. BrE)
The document is still in draft form.

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2. (the draft) (esp. AmE) order to serve in the armed forces

→ See also conscription

ADJECTIVE

military

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VERB + the draft

avoid, dodge
oppose, support
bring back, reinstate

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Collocations for draft - verb

3. (AmE) current of air

→ See also draught

ADVERB

carefully, properly (esp. BrE), well
badly, poorly
Some of the clauses in the contract had been very poorly drafted.
originally
The bill as originally drafted would have made the tobacco companies a lot more vulnerable to lawsuits.
hastily, quickly
hastily drafted pieces of legislation

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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

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Collocations for draft - 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

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