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Redraft

Definition: Redraft

Redraft

Noun

1. A draft for the amount of a dishonored draft plus the costs and charges of drafting again.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

 

Crosswords: Redraft

English words defined with "redraft": Redraw. (references)

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Non-Fiction Usage: Redraft

SubjectTopicQuote

Political Economy

SAUDI ARABIA

In mid-October 2001, the GCC announced that it will redraft the tariff agreement to meet the Saudi rates and will push forward the date of implementation for the customs union to 2003. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Redraft

"Redraft" is generally used as a lexical verb (infinitive) -- approximately 53.85% of the time. "Redraft" is used about 26 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Lexical Verb (infinitive)53.85%1493,893
Noun (singular)38.46%10111,207
Lexical Verb (base form)7.69%2245,945
                    Total100.00%26N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Redraft

Language Translations for "redraft"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

German

  

neu entwerfen (redesign, redraw, restyle, to redesign, to restyle). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

επισυναλλαγματική. (various references)

   

Italian

  

rivalsa (recharge), nuova stesura. (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

再投稿 (revised contribution). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

さいとう"う (revised contribution). (various references)

   

Manx

  

aaghreaghtal. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

edraftray.(various references)

   

Russian 

  

ретратта. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

resaca (backwash, hangover, kickback, undertow). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Redraft

Derivations

Words beginning with "redraft": redrafted, redrafting, redrafts. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Redraft" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: reddat, Redgra, Redgrift, redrit, Re'durat. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Redraft"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "redraft" (pronounced rēdra"ft)
5-d r a" f tdraft, draught.
4-r a" f tcraft, graft, Kraft, raft.
3-a" f taft, daft, haft, laughed, shaft, staffed.

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Anagrams: Redraft

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: drafter.

Words within the letters "a-d-e-f-r-r-t"

-1 letter: dafter, darter, frater, rafted, rafter, retard, tarred, trader.

-2 letters: after, darer, dater, defat, derat, draft, drear, fader, fared, farer, fated, rared, rated, rater, tared, tarre, terra, trade, tread.

-3 letters: daft, dare, dart, date, deaf, dear, deft, drat, fade, fard, fare, fate, fear, feat, feta, frae, frat, fret, raft, rare, rate, read, rear, reft.

 Words containing the letters "a-d-e-f-r-r-t"
 

+1 letter: drafters, draftier, raftered, redrafts.

 

+2 letters: afterward, afterword, fractured, overdraft, redrafted, refracted, regrafted.

 

+3 letters: afterwards, afterwords, afterworld, breadfruit, forwardest, fratricide, frustrated, overdrafts, perforated, redrafting, tradecraft.

 

+4 letters: afterworlds, breadfruits, footdragger, forgathered, fraternized, fratricides, freehearted, grandfather, reformatted, terraformed, tradecrafts, transferred, transformed, trifurcated.

 

+5 letters: airfreighted, draftsperson, flutterboard, footdraggers, foregathered, grandfathers, handicrafter, intergrafted, preformatted, proliferated, reafforested, reformulated, refrigerated, transfigured, ultrarefined, waterproofed.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Quotations: Non-fiction
4. Usage Frequency
5. Translations: Modern
6. Derivations
7. Rhymes
8. Anagrams
9. Bibliography


  

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