default
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
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Etymology: From Middle English defaut, defaute, from Old French defaute (“fault, defect, failure, culpability, lack”), ultimately from Latin de- (“away”) + fallo (“deceive, cheat, escape notice of”).
Inflected forms:
form: defaults
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: defaults
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: defaulting
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: defaulted
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: defaulted
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: The condition of failing to meet an obligation.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
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.
gloss: The condition of being an obligation that has not been met.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: The deadline has passed, so the debt is now in default.
gloss: the original software programming settings as set by the factory
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A loss incurred by failing to compete.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: The team's three losses include one default.
gloss: A selection made in the absence of an alternative.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: 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.
gloss: A value used when none has been given; a tentative value or standard that is presumed.
pos: noun
tags: attributive
countable
often
uncountable
examples: If you don't specify a number of items, the default is 1.
gloss: The failure of a defendant to appear and answer a summons and complaint.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A failing or failure; omission of that which ought to be done; neglect to do what duty or law requires.
pos: noun
tags: countable
obsolete
uncountable
examples: This evil has happened through the governor's default.
gloss: Lack; absence.
pos: noun
tags: countable
obsolete
uncountable
examples: 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
gloss: Fault; offence; wrong act.
pos: noun
tags: countable
obsolete
uncountable
examples: regardless of our merit or default
gloss: To fail to meet an obligation.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
gloss: To fail to meet an obligation.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: to default on a loan
gloss: To lose a competition by failing to compete.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: If you refuse to wear a proper uniform, you will not be allowed to compete and will default this match.
gloss: To assume a value when none was given; to presume a tentative value or standard.
pos: verb
tags: ambitransitive
examples: If you don't specify a color, it defaults to red.
It defaults your application to Windows authentication mode, and if you want to use forms mode, you can just change it in the authentication section of the file.
Derived words: by default
credit default option
credit default swap
default gateway
defaultism
defaultist
default judgement
default judgment
defaultless
defaultly
default mode network
in default
make default
nondefault
redefault
defaultable
defaulter
default on
nondefaulting
undefaulted
undefaulting
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