American English pronunciation

How to pronounce default

IPA transcription: [dɪ'fɔlt]

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Noun

  • loss due to not showing up

    “he lost the game by default”

  • act of failing to meet a financial obligation

  • loss resulting from failure of a debt to be paid

  • an option that is selected automatically unless an alternative is specified

Verb

  • 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.