How to pronounce “default”

Meaning

• [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) To lose a competition by failing to compete.
• (ambitransitive, computing) To assume a value when none was given; to presume a tentative value or standard.

Practice Nearby Words

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