American English pronunciation
How to pronounce default
IPA transcription: [dɪ'fɔlt]
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Noun
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loss due to not showing up
“he lost the game by default”
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act of failing to meet a financial obligation
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loss resulting from failure of a debt to be paid
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an option that is selected automatically unless an alternative is specified
Verb
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fail to pay up
Usage examples
- In prior versions SquirrelMail was the default client.
- As technology progressed, it became clear that the default skybox had severe disadvantages.
- Attributes are never subject to the default namespace.
- If no notice is found, then the default of "All rights reserved" is implied.
- Risks that may be included are default risk, currency risk, and inflation risk.
- A collection of Lucida variants are installed by default with Java.
- The Linux version of Chrome binds these shortcuts by default, but not the Windows version.
- Then Symbolics Common Lisp became the default Lisp dialect for writing software with Genera.
- The user can define profiles for all account types to set default values.
- The Linux version of Chrome binds these shortcuts by default, but not the Windows version.