default
pronunciation
How to pronounce default in British English:
UK [dɪˈfɔːlt]
How to pronounce default in American English:
US [dɪˈfɔːlt]
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- Noun:
- loss due to not showing up
- 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
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- Verb:
- fail to pay up
Word Origin
- default (n.)
- early 13c., "offense, crime, sin," later (late 13c.) "failure, failure to act," from Old French defaute (12c.) "fault, defect, failure, culpability, lack, privation," from Vulgar Latin *defallita "a deficiency or failure," past participle of *defallere, from Latin de- "away" (see de-) + fallere "to deceive, to cheat; to put wrong, to lead astray, cause to be mistaken; to escape notice of, be concealed from" (see fail (v.)). The financial sense is first recorded 1858; the computing sense is from 1966.
- default (v.)
- late 14c., "be lacking, be missing," also "become weak," from default (n.). Related: Defaulted; defaulting.
Example
- 1. The third path was outright default .
- 2. Mail as your browser 's default email client .
- 3. That has made them vulnerable to devaluation and default .
- 4. The default installation of vmware 's vcenter server product is two years .
- 5. Is america likely to default on its obligations ?