Definitions for default

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default de·fault

Spelling: [dih-fawlt]

IPA: /dɪˈfɔlt/

Default is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 183 anagrams from letters in default (adefltu).

Definitions for default

noun

1. failure to act; inaction or neglect:
2. failure to meet financial obligations.
3. Law. failure to perform an act or obligation legally required, especially to appear in court or to plead at a time assigned.
4. Sports. failure to arrive in time for, participate in, or complete a scheduled match.
5. lack; want; absence.
6. Computers. a value that a program or operating system assumes, or a course of action that a program or operating system will take, when the user or programmer specifies no overriding value or action.

verb (used with object)

1. to fail to perform or pay:
2. to declare to be in default, especially legally:
3. Sports. to fail to compete in (a scheduled game, race, etc.). to lose by default.
4. Law. to lose by failure to appear in court.

verb (used without object)

1. to fail in fulfilling or satisfying an engagement, claim, or obligation.
2. to fail to meet financial obligations or to account properly for money in one's care:
3. Law. to fail to appear in court.
4. Sports. to fail to participate in or complete a match. to lose a match by default.

Origin of default

1175-1225; Middle English defau(l)te Anglo-French defalte, Old French defaute, derivative of defaillir, after faute, faillir. See de-, fault,

Examples for default

We should expect the default to be civility, not harassment.

There was no threat of default, government shutdown, huge cuts in government spending, or sharp tax increases.

For the default of help she took cold there, and she soon knew that she must die.

Are we all so stuck in our roles that when a given issue comes up, we just default to type?

He would have to go home to Anna, and confess that he was beaten by default.

But in default of that, an old one or a story would be welcomed.

In default of written testimony let us consult monumental evidence.

She may wish to confess to me in default of the worthy father.

The typical trend is for writers and actors to default to the crudest element of what makes their show work, and lean on that.

Out of the box, the device is set to a default statistical mode, but within a week, the monitor gets more accurate.