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You go to the draft board and think, 'Here's a nose tackle. Who needs a nose tackle?' Well, eight teams in front of you need a nose tackle, and there's two nose tackles. It's something you have to figure out where you can get the players to play in your system.
Bill Belichick

Meaning of "draft board" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF DRAFT BOARD

draft board play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DRAFT BOARD

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Draft board is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES DRAFT BOARD MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Draft board

Draft boards were a part of the Selective Service Act which registered and selected men of military age for conscription in the United States.

Definition of draft board in the English dictionary

The definition of draft board in the dictionary is a tribunal responsible for the selection of personnel liable for compulsory military service.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DRAFT BOARD

draft
draft card
draft dodger
draft letter
draft version
draft-mule work
draft-quality printing
draftable
draftee
drafter
draftier
draftiest
draftily
draftiness
draftsman
draftsmanship
draftsmen
draftsperson
draftswoman
draftswomen

WORDS THAT END LIKE DRAFT BOARD

aboard
billboard
board
bulletin board
cardboard
clipboard
dashboard
free on board
go by the board
keyboard
leaderboard
message board
motherboard
on board
onboard
outboard
overboard
secretary to the board
skateboard
snowboard
take on board

Synonyms and antonyms of draft board in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «draft board» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DRAFT BOARD

Find out the translation of draft board to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of draft board from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «draft board» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

董事会草案
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

junta de reclutamiento
570 millions of speakers

English

draft board
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

मसौदा बोर्ड
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مشروع مجلس
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

призывная комиссия
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

projecto de bordo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

খসড়া বোর্ড
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

projet de conseil d´administration
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Draf lembaga
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Damebrett
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

徴兵委員会
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

초안 보드
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Draf rancangan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

dự thảo bảng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வரைவு குழு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

ड्राफ्ट बोर्ड
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Taslak tahta
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

commissione di leva
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

projekt zarządu
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

призовна комісія
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

proiectul de bord
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

σχέδιο του σκάφους
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

konsep raad
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

mönstrings
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

sesjon
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of draft board

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DRAFT BOARD»

The term «draft board» is quite widely used and occupies the 49.143 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DRAFT BOARD» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about draft board

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QUOTES WITH «DRAFT BOARD»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word draft board.
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Bill Belichick
You go to the draft board and think, 'Here's a nose tackle. Who needs a nose tackle?' Well, eight teams in front of you need a nose tackle, and there's two nose tackles. It's something you have to figure out where you can get the players to play in your system.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DRAFT BOARD»

Discover the use of draft board in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to draft board and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Anna Marthea Pedersdatter Hole, Wife of Peder Johan Andersen ...
World War I Draft Board, Becker Co., Minnesota, 1029 World War I Draft Board, Benson Co., North Dakota, 186 World War I Draft Board, Custer Co., Montana, 478 World War I Draft Board, Otter Tail Co., Minnesota, 967, 968, 1024, 1025, 1027, ...
Carol Harris Weber
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Confronting the War Machine: Draft Resistance During the ...
Thirty years later, the reasons behind draft board inconsistencies are no more obvious, but the example of Boston's resistance community offers some clues. In Boston, 27 out of 105 men (25.7 percent) who turned in their draft cards (this does ...
Michael S. Foley, 2003
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All American Boys: Draft Dodgers in Canada from the Vietnam War
Sometimes it was simply luck — based on the mood of the local draft board, or how determined one was to resist induction.40 By far the most common method of avoiding the draft was educational deferments. University students, and high ...
Frank Kusch, 2001
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The Vietnam War
... deferment or to request one from his local draft board. During the Vietnam War, there were 4,080 local draft boards in operation. Local boards were composed of three members, and to help ensure fairness, board members were expected to ...
James E. Westheider, 2007
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Kiplinger's Personal Finance
BURNING DRAFT CARDS or running away to Canada are two surefire ways to get into trouble with a draft board. There is a third way, too. Get careless. Every year, hundreds of young men between 18 and 35 find themselves in hot water ...
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Fantasy Football For Dummies
The draft app will have this data, but the draft board is a quick visual aid for easy referencing. (Check out “Utilizing a draft board” later in this chapter for more information.) Your cheat sheets: Your player rankings can make or break your draft in ...
Martin Signore, 2011
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The African American Experience in Vietnam: Brothers in Arms
Born Cassius Clay in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1942, his battle with the Selective Service Administration began when Clay turned eighteen in April 1960. He went to the local draft board and in compliance with the law registered for the draft.
James E. Westheider, 2008
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Decisions of the War Department Board of Contract Adjustment
ORAL ORDER BY DRAFT BOARD. — Where a selective draft board directs claimant to manufacture and deliver a filing cabinet, and claimant complies with such directions, and the filing cabinet is used by the Board in the performance of its ...
John Ross Delafield, Christopher Browne Garnett, William R. Williams, 1920
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2,000 Sure-Fire Jokes for Speakers
Some people are beginning to call their local draft board the Den of Inequity. Maybe it's time we started to think positively. Like calling the Draft Board a Two Year Employment Agency! You know what Ifind embarrassing about the draft board?
Robert Orben, 2011
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Decisions of the Appeal Section, War Department Claims ...
ORAL ORDER BY DRAFT BOARD.—Where a selective draft board directs claimant to manufacture and deliver a filing cabinet, and claimant complies with such directions, and the filing cabinet is used by the Board in the performance of its ...
United States. Claims board (War department), Christopher Browne Garnett, John Ross Delafield, 1920

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DRAFT BOARD»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term draft board is used in the context of the following news items.
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Spurs' foreign policy: Draft, stash, repeat
When he assumed control of the Spurs' personnel department in 1994, the world became their draft board. Ten years after Yugoslavia, ... «San Antonio Express-News, Jun 15»
2
NHL draft 2015: The final edition of BSH Community Draft Board
Dunno about you guys, but I'm still hoping that Connor McDavid falls to No. 7. Optimism! - Bruce Bennett/Getty Images. With talented Swedish ... «Broad Street Hockey, Jun 15»
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Who will fall down draft board tonight? Watch injured Kevin Looney …
Injuries scare teams off players they like in the NBA Draft. Well, not the Sixers but the other 29 teams. Guys fall annually because of injury or ... «NBCSports.com, Jun 15»
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Report: Tyus Jones At Top Of Rockets Draft Board
Report: Tyus Jones At Top Of Rockets Draft Board. Feb 14, 2015; Syracuse, NY, USA; Duke Blue Devils guard Tyus Jones (5) shoots the ball ... «House of Houston, Jun 15»
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Bright Side of the Sun Community Draft Board: Pick 14
Bright Side of the Sun Community Draft Board: Pick 14. By Kellan Olson @KellanOlson on Jun 24, 2015, 5:00a +. Mark Zerof-USA TODAY Sports. Tweet ... «Bright Side of the Sun, Jun 15»
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2015 NBA Draft big board: Ranking prospects from 1-60
This is a general draft board; team-specific ones will differ. The players in each tier are interchangeable depending on individual team needs. «SB Nation, Jun 15»
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Bullets Forever Community 2015 NBA Draft Board: Pick No. 18
Each day, we'll have a poll to determine which player belongs in that spot on the draft board. The winner of that poll after approximately one ... «Bullets Forever, Jun 15»
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Brew Hoop Community Draft Board - Pick #17
The number 16 spot on Brew Hoop's 2015 Draft Board goes to Bobby Portis, a 6'11" power forward from Arkansas. Portis locked up the vote ... «Brew Hoop, Jun 15»
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Bright Side of the Sun Community Draft Board: Pick 12
Bright Side of the Sun Community Draft Board: Pick 12. By Kellan Olson @KellanOlson on Jun 21, 2015, 12:00p 4. Brendan Maloney-USA TODAY Sports. «Bright Side of the Sun, Jun 15»
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Bullets Forever Community 2015 NBA Draft Board: Pick No. 17
Sam Dekker won the vote the 16th spot on our community draft board by a slightly more convincing margin than we've seen in other recent ... «Bullets Forever, Jun 15»

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