in rough

English

Prepositional phrase

in rough

1. As a draft.
   • 1998, Alistair Smith, Accelerated Learning in Practice, page 43:

     Younger learners will 'copy out in rough, copy it out in neat, draw a coloured border around it, highlight the keywords in primary colours, draw you a picture'.

   • 2007, Lawrence M. Clopper, Elizabeth Baldwin, David Mills, Cheshire Including Chester - Volume 1, page cxcv:

     Where accounts exist both in rough (or draft) form and in neat (or finished) form, preference is given to the neat version, which may be considered more 'official,' unless the rough text preserves details lost in the neat text.

   • 2012, Tony Martin, Chira Lovat, Glynis Purnell, The Really Useful Literacy Book, page 191:

     However, drafting does not mean 'write in rough – correct – copy up in neat'.

Coordinate terms

• in neat