Draft

How it is used

Students send drafts to supervisors and co-authors for feedback: a first draft, a rough draft, a final draft. Draft is also a verb: 'I am drafting the introduction.' Academic texts usually go through several drafts.

Example sentences

1. I'll send you the first draft of Chapter 3 by Friday.

2. This draft is much clearer than the previous version.

Common collocations

• first draft
• rough draft
• final draft
• send a draft
• revise a draft

Related terms

• proofreadTo read a finished text carefully to find and correct mistakes in spelling, grammar, punctuation and formatting before it is submitted.
• supervisorAn academic who guides a student's thesis or research project, giving feedback on plans, drafts and progress.
• manuscriptThe text of an article or book that an author submits to a journal or publisher before it is accepted and published.
• thesisA long piece of original research written for a university degree; also the main idea or position that an essay or article argues for.

This word in other fields

The same English word can have a different meaning in another field:

• draft · Business English
• draft · Law
• draft · Contract & Commercial Law
• draft · Social Media & Content Creation

More terms: Thesis and Article Structure

• abstract
• dissertation
• paper
• conclusion
• discussion
• limitation
• IMRaD
• introduction
• methods section
• keyword
• appendix
• thesis statement