ドラフト

どらふと
noun
draft; rough version; player draft
businessbusinesssports
1. draft; rough version; preliminary version
An unfinished version of a document, design, or piece of software, circulated for comment before the final version. Common in business and IT.
ドラフトを送(おく)ります。
I'll send you the draft.
明日(あした)までにドラフトを作(つく)ってください。
Please put together a draft by tomorrow.
契約書(けいやくしょ)のドラフトに目(め)を通(とお)して、気(き)になる点(てん)を教(おし)えてください。
Please look over the draft of the contract and tell me anything that concerns you.
2. player draft (professional sports)
The system by which professional teams select new players, best known in Japan from the annual 野球(やきゅう) draft, ドラフト会議(かいぎ).
ドラフト一位(いちい)で入団(にゅうだん)した。
He joined the team as the first-round draft pick.
今年(ことし)のドラフトで指名(しめい)されるだろう。
He will probably be picked in this year's draft.
ドラフト会議(かいぎ)の結果(けっか)は、選手(せんしゅ)の人生(じんせい)を大(おお)きく変(か)えることがある。
The results of the draft meeting can change a player's life dramatically.

From English "draft." Sense 1 is standard office and IT vocabulary; sense 2 belongs to sports reporting, where it is usually part of a compound.

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Compare: 草案(そうあん) (draft, rough plan)
Compare: 下書(したが)き (rough copy)
Compare: 草稿(そうこう) (draft)
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