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draft

English

Etymology

A phonetic spelling of draught.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /d???ft/
    Rhymes: -??ft
  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /d?æft/
    Rhymes: -æft

Noun

draft (countable and uncountable, plural drafts)

  1. A current of air, usually coming into a room or vehicle.
  2. Draw through a flue of gasses (smoke) resulting from a combustion process.
  3. An act of drinking.
  4. The quantity of liquid (such as water, alcohol, or medicine) drunk in one swallow.
    to drink at a draft
    She took a deep draft from the bottle of water.
  5. A dose (of medicine, alcohol, etc.)
  6. Beer drawn from a cask or keg rather than a bottle or can.
  7. (nautical) Depth of water needed to float a ship; depth below the water line to the bottom of a vessel's hull; depth of water drawn by a vessel.
  8. An early version of a written work (such as a book or e-mail) or drawing.
    I have to revise the first draft of my term paper.
    His first drafts were better than most authors' final products.
  9. A preliminary sketch or outline for a plan.
  10. A cheque, an order for money to be paid.
  11. Conscription, the system of forcing people to serve in the military.
    He left the country to avoid the draft.
  12. (politics) A system of forcing or convincing people to take an elected position.
  13. (sports) A system of assigning rookie players to professional sports teams.
  14. (rail transport) The pulling force (tension) on couplers and draft gear during a slack stretched condition.
  15. The bevel given to the pattern for a casting, so that it can be drawn from the sand without damaging the mould.
  16. (possibly archaic) The action or an act (especially of a beast of burden or vehicle) of pulling something along or back.
    using oxen for draft   shot forth an arrow with a mighty draft
  17. (possibly archaic) The act of drawing in a net for fish.
  18. (possibly archaic) That which is drawn in; a catch, a haul.
    he cast his net, which brought him a very great draft
  19. A quantity that is requisitioned or drawn out from a larger population.

Synonyms

  • (mouthful of liquid): swig; see also Thesaurus:drink

Derived terms

  • air draft
  • backdraft
  • deep draft
  • downdraft
  • updraft

Translations

Verb

draft (third-person singular simple present drafts, present participle drafting, simple past and past participle drafted)

  1. (transitive) To write a first version, make a preliminary sketch.
  2. To draw in outline; to make a draught, sketch, or plan of, as in architectural and mechanical drawing.
  3. To write a law.
  4. (transitive) To conscript a person, force a person to serve in some capacity, especially in the military.
  5. To select someone (or something) for a particular role or purpose.
  6. To select and separate an animal or animals from a group.
    The calves were drafted from the cows.
  7. (transitive, sports) To select a rookie player onto a professional sports team.
    After his last year of college football, he was drafted by the Miami Dolphins.
  8. (transitive, intransitive) To follow very closely (behind another vehicle), thereby providing an aerodynamic advantage to both lead and follower and conserving energy or increasing speed.
  9. To draw out; to call forth.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Addison to this entry?)
  10. To draw fibers out of a clump, for spinning in the production of yarn.

Translations

Adjective

draft (not comparable)

  1. (not comparable) Referring to drinks on tap, in contrast to bottled.
    I'd rather have a fresh, cheap draft beer.
  2. Referring to animals used for pulling heavy loads.
    A Clydesdale is a draft horse.

Translations

Related terms

  • draw

Further reading

  • draft in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
  • draft in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From English draw

Noun

draft n (definite singular draftet, indefinite plural draft or drafter, definite plural drafta or draftene)

  1. nautical chart

Usage notes

Although this word is in common use, it is noted as a misnomer, see references.

Synonyms

  • sjøkart
  • kystkart

References

  • “draft” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From English draw

Noun

draft n (definite singular draftet, indefinite plural draft, definite plural drafta)
draft f (definite singular drafta, indefinite plural drafter, definite plural draftene)

  1. nautical chart

Usage notes

Although this word is in common use, it is noted as a misnomer, see Bokmål references.

Synonyms

  • sjøkart
  • kystkart

References

  • “draft” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Spanish

Noun

draft m (plural drafts)

  1. draft (in sports)

Yola

Noun

draft

  1. Alternative form of draught

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apotheosis

English

Etymology

From Latin apothe?sis, from Ancient Greek ????????? (apothé?sis), from verb ??????? (apotheó?, deify) (factitive verb formed from ???? (theós, God) with intensive prefix ???- (apo-)) + -??? (-sis, forms noun of action). Surface analysis apo- +? theo- +? -sis.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /??p??.i????.s?s/
  • (US) IPA(key): /??p??.?i?o?.s?s/
  • Rhymes: -??s?s

Noun

apotheosis (countable and uncountable, plural apotheoses)

  1. The fact or action of becoming or making into a god; deification.
    Synonym: deification
    • 1986, SRF Price, Rituals and Power, p. 75:
    • 2002, CE Newlands, Statius' Silvae and the Politics of Empire, p. 176:
  2. Glorification, exaltation; crediting someone or something with extraordinary power or status.
    Synonyms: exaltation, glorification
    • 1974, Per Lord Hailsham, Smedleys Ltd v Breed [1974]2 All ER 21(HL) at 24:
  3. A glorified example or ideal; the apex or pinnacle (of a concept or belief).
    Synonyms: apex, paragon
    • 1925, William Carlos Williams, 'Edgar Allan Poe', In The American Grain, 1990, p. 232:
  4. The best moment or highest point in the development of something, for example of a life or career; the apex, culmination, or climax (of a development).
    Synonyms: apex, climax, culmination, peak, pinnacle
  5. (loosely) Release from earthly life, ascension to heaven; death.
    Synonym: death
    • 1851, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick:
  6. (psychology) The latent entity that mediates between a person's psyche and their thoughts. The id, ego and superego in Freudian Psychology are examples of this.

Derived terms

  • apotheosize
  • apotheotic

Translations


Latin

Alternative forms

  • apoth. (abbreviation)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ????????? (apothé?sis), from verb ??????? (apotheó?, deify) (factitive verb formed from ???? (theós, God) with intensive prefix ???- (apo-)).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /a.po.t?e?o?.sis/, [äp?t??e?o?s??s?]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /a.po.te?o.sis/, [?p?t?????s?is]

Noun

apothe?sis f (genitive apothe?sis); third declension

  1. apotheosis, deification

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem).

Descendants

References

  • apotheosis in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • apotheosis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • apotheosis in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • apotheosis in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

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