Default Meaning and Definition


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Default meaning

Word: Default

How to pronounce: dɪˈfɔːlt

Noun

Definitions:

1. Failure to fulfill an obligation, especially to repay a loan or appear in a court of law.

Example sentences: "It will have to restructure its debts to avoid default"

2. A preselected option adopted by a computer program or other mechanism when no alternative is specified by the user or programmer.

Example sentences: "The default is fifty lines"

Intransitive verb

Definitions:

1. Fail to fulfill an obligation, especially to repay a loan or to appear in a court of law.

Example sentences: "Some had defaulted on student loans"

2. (of a computer program or other mechanism) revert automatically to (a preselected option)

Example sentences: "When you start a fresh letter the system will default to its own style"


Synonyms:

standard

fail to perform

neglect

failure

nonpayment

dereliction

nonfeasance

delinquency

oversight

default option

nonperformance

failure to perform


Antonyms:

execution

implementation


Derivations:

defaulting

defaulted

defaulter


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Default in Other Languages...

Spanish: Predeterminado

German: Standard

French: Défaut

Italian: Predefinito

Turkish: Gelmeme


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