predraft
predraft adjective: occurring before or in preparation for a draft.
Adjective
predraft (not comparable)
- Occurring before or in preparation for a draft.
- Magid, who represents several professional football players, lobbied for Thomas to be included in a predraft all-star game called Texas vs. The Nation.2007 April 25, Lee Jenkins, “For N.F.L. Draft, the Biggest (XXXXXXL) Sleeper”, in New York Times
Verb
predraft (third-person singular simple present predrafts, present participle predrafting, simple past and past participle predrafted)
- To pull fibers slightly out of the top or roving prior to spinning.
- Most cotton is sold as top, requiring only predrafting prior to spinning.2014, W. J. Johnson, Yarn Works: How to Spin, Dye, and Knit Your Own Yarn, page 32
- To prepare to write the draft of a document, by means of research, discussion, etc.
- […] when predrafting the Berlin foreign minister's statement […]2015, I. William Zartman, Arab Spring: Negotiating in the Shadow of the Intifadat, page 356
Forms of predraft
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| alternative form | pre-draft |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | predrafts |
| present participle | predrafting |
| past participle | predrafted |
| past | predrafted |
Origin of predraft
From pre- + draft.
Questions about predraft
- What does predraft mean?
- Predraft means occurring before or in preparation for a draft.
- What part of speech is predraft?
- Predraft can be an adjective or a verb.
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