default
IPA: dɪfˈɔɫt
noun
- (finance) The condition of failing to meet an obligation.
- (finance) The condition of being an obligation that has not been met.
- (electronics, computing) the original software programming settings as set by the factory
- A loss incurred by failing to compete.
- A selection made in the absence of an alternative.
- (often attributive) A value used when none has been given; a tentative value or standard that is presumed.
- (law) The failure of a defendant to appear and answer a summons and complaint.
- (obsolete) A failing or failure; omission of that which ought to be done; neglect to do what duty or law requires.
- (obsolete) Lack; absence.
- (obsolete) Fault; offence; wrong act.
verb
- (intransitive) To fail to meet an obligation.
- (intransitive, law) To fail to appear and answer a summons and complaint.
- (intransitive, finance) To fail to fulfill a financial obligation.
- (intransitive) To lose a competition by failing to compete.
- (transitive, intransitive, computing) To assume a value when none was given; to presume a tentative value or standard.
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Examples of "default" in Sentences
- The booster had a default in it.
- The unpaid loan is now in default.
- The above was the default welcome.
- The default being the value of one.
- The problem is the absence of a default.
- Look at the default rates, not the chatter.
- That's the default without the amplification.
- The default behaviour has changed the prescript.
- By default the counter is shown in the footer of the page.
- But the name of the page typically defaults to the singular.
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