drafting
noun
Simple meaning
Producing a technical drawing.
Pronunciation
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IPA pronunciation (US)
ˈdɹæftɪŋ
This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.
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Definition
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noun
The act or process of producing a technical drawing, or draft.
A profession, usually related to making technical drawings for architecture, engineering, or manufacturing.
The practice among ground vehicle drivers or cyclists of following in a close line to reduce wind resistance.
A method of preparing fibers for weaving.
Word Aura™
How this word commonly comes across.
Aura for this meaning
This meaning: The act or process of producing a technical drawing, or draft.
Used this way, drafting is a specialist word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It turns up most in technical or specialist writing contexts.
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Specialist/technical
- Intensity
- Not strongly marked
- How common
- Specialized
- Connotation
- Clinical and technical
- Usage feel
- Technical and specialized
Where it naturally appears
- Technical/specialist writing
Usage note
In general conversation this sense usually needs explaining — outside its field, people reach for a plainer word.
Word Aura describes common impressions, not a measurement. Tone changes with sentence, speaker, relationship and situation.
More ways to use drafting
- “He is drafting the final report for the big project right now.”
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Sense: act or process of producing a technical drawing
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