[
UK
/dɹˈɑːftɪŋ/
]
[ US /ˈdɹæftɪŋ/ ]
[ US /ˈdɹæftɪŋ/ ]
NOUN
- the craft of drawing blueprints
- writing a first version to be filled out and polished later
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the creation of artistic pictures or diagrams
he learned drawing from his father
How To Use drafting In A Sentence
- Group staff perform a variety of duties, ranging from administrative routines to drafting background memos, following developments in committees and drawing up whips in plenaries.
- I think drafting international players has proved to be successful for several NBA teams.
- It is no accident that Boehner has put two up-and-coming second-term congressmen, Kevin McCarthy (Calif.) and Peter Roskam (lll.), in charge of drafting the new agenda for governing. Republicans divided on the importance of an agenda for midterm elections
- Instead of staying indoors, healthily watching a black and white screen – Grandstand, Hancock, Terry and June – they were out canvassing, attending ward meetings, collecting ministers' autographs, drafting position papers and generally behaving in a way unbefitting to young persons. The Ed Balls roadshow: enough to make you weep
- You seem to have erred in characterizing as solipsistic those solons who dangled a participle in drafting the law controlling the National Endowment for the Arts. No Uncertain Terms
- It is best to prepare the system before starting to draft, rather than making it up as sub-divisions arise during the drafting.
- Nevertheless, we will, of course, require your assistance in drafting the non-financial section of the memorandum.
- Downing Street denied there had been a hurried overnight redrafting of the text.
- There is potential to repower by drafting big forwards back from injury. Times, Sunday Times
- All authors contributed to writing and redrafting the article.