Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

redraft

/ɹidɹˈæft/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.98 in modern English

Syllables: re-draft
IPA: /ɹidɹˈæft/

11

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

noun

A second or subsequent draft

noun

A new bill of exchange which the holder of a protested bill draws on the drawer or endorsers, for the amount of the bill, with costs and charges.

Example Sentences

"maybe the metamorphoses are – as in Adaptation – a comment on the screenwriting process, and the way that characters’ identities are revised as the writer drafts and redrafts the script."
"The total collapse of franchising that followed forced Williams and Shapps to redraft a number of the recommendations."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English draft English redraft From re- + draft.

Inflected Forms

redrafts (present, singular) redrafting (participle, present) redrafted (participle, past) redrafted (past) redrafts (plural)

Rhymes With

draft craft laughed shaft graft raft daft aft kraft staffed taft draught

Questions

How do you pronounce redraft?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɹidɹˈæft/.
What does redraft mean?: To draft again
Where does redraft come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English draft English redraft From re- + draft.

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