MEANING
Write a document again with substantial changes to its wording or organization.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- redraft a clause
- redraft a proposal
On the page
They redrafted the clause to remove the conflicting deadlines.
Nearby words
Word forms
- Base
- redraft
- Past tense
- redrafted
- Past participle
- redrafted
- Present participle
- redrafting
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- redraft
- Present continuous
- am/is/are redrafting
- Present perfect
- have/has redrafted
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been redrafting
- Past
- redrafted
- Past continuous
- was/were redrafting
- Past perfect
- had redrafted
- Past perfect continuous
- had been redrafting
- Future
- will redraft
- Future continuous
- will be redrafting
- Future perfect
- will have redrafted
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been redrafting
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: academic / formal. Forms: redraft; redrafts; redrafted; redrafted; redrafting Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: analysis, explanation, evaluation. Commonness: moderately common. Third-person singular: redrafts.
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