default

Definitions

1. The condition of failing to meet an obligation.
   countable, uncountable
2. defect, fault, deficiency
3. The condition of being an obligation that has not been met.
   countable, uncountable
4. flaw, imperfection
5. the original software programming settings as set by the factory
   countable, uncountable
6. A loss incurred by failing to compete.
   countable, uncountable
7. A selection made in the absence of an alternative.
   countable, uncountable
8. A value used when none has been given; a tentative value or standard that is presumed.
   attributive, countable, often, uncountable
9. The failure of a defendant to appear and answer a summons and complaint.
   countable, uncountable
10. A failing or failure; omission of that which ought to be done; neglect to do what duty or law requires.
    countable, obsolete, uncountable
11. Lack; absence.
    countable, obsolete, uncountable
12. Fault; offence; wrong act.
    countable, obsolete, uncountable

Equivalents

26 more languages

العربيةالتقصير، تخلف عن الدفع، فقدان، يهمل

Bosanskimorastandard

Češtinadefaultníselhánívýchozí

Ελληνικάπροεπιλεγμένοςπροεπιλογή

Suomilaiminlyödälaiminlyöntilyödä laiminmaksuhäiriömaksukyvyttömyysoletusoletusarvoinenpoissaolo+ 5 more

हिन्दीव्यतिक्रम

Hrvatskimorastandard

Magyarmulasztmulasztás

Հայերենլռելյայն

Bahasa Indonesiaasalibawaancedera janjigagal bayarwanprestasi+ 2 more

Íslenskagreiðsluþrot

Italianodefaultinadempienzamoramorositàpredefinito+ 2 more

日本語デフォルト

한국어디폴트

Kurdîstandardstandart

Te Reo Māorihapanga

Bahasa Melayulalai

Nederlandsniet-nakoming

Polskizaleczalegać

Portuguêsconfiguração inicialconfiguração padrãodefaultinadimplênciapredefiniçãopredeterminadopredeterminarvalor padrãovalor predefinido+ 6 more

Русскийдефолтзначе́ние по умолча́ниюнеплатежпо умолчанию+ 1 more

Српскиmorastandard

Svenskaskönsvärdestandard

Tagalogpagkukulang

Türkçegıyapstandarttemerrütvarsayılanyokluk+ 2 more

Tiếng Việtkhuyết tịchmặc định

Examples

“He failed to make⟳ payments on time, and he is now in default.”

“You may cure this default by paying the full amount within a week.”

“The deadline has passed, so the debt is now in default.”

“The team's three losses include⟳ one default.”

“The man became the leader of the group as a default.”

“One of the darlings of the early vegetarian movement (particularly in its even sadder form⟳, the cutlet), it was on the menu at John Harvey Kellogg's Battle Creek Sanitarium [sic], and has since become⟳ the default Sunday option for vegetarians – and a default source of derision for everyone else.”

“Overall the signage at NIE has the appearance being a top-down artefact driven by institutional policy with English set⟳ as the default language.”

“If you don't specify⟳ a number⟳ of items, the default is 1.”

“This evil has happened through the governor's default.”

“one was dragging a great coat from the window, before which it had long hung as a blind, in total default of glass or shutters”

“regardless of our merit or default”

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