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(chiefly sports) Occurring before or in preparation for a draft. quotations examples
Magid, who represents several professional football players, lobbied for Thomas to be included in a predraft all-star game called Texas vs. The Nation.
2007 April 25, Lee Jenkins, “For N.F.L. Draft, the Biggest (XXXXXXL) Sleeper”, in New York Times
third-person singular simple present predrafts, present participle predrafting, simple past and past participle predrafted
(textiles) To pull fibers slightly out of the top or roving prior to spinning. quotations examples
Most cotton is sold as top, requiring only predrafting prior to spinning.
2014, W. J. Johnson, Yarn Works: How to Spin, Dye, and Knit Your Own Yarn, page 32
To prepare to write the draft of a document, by means of research, discussion, etc. quotations examples
[…] when predrafting the Berlin foreign minister's statement […]
2015, I. William Zartman, Arab Spring: Negotiating in the Shadow of the Intifadat, page 356