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Definition of default verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

     

    default

     verb
    verb
    NAmE//dɪˈfɔlt//
     
    Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they default
     
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     he / she / it defaults
     
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     past simple defaulted
     
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     -ing form defaulting
     
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  1. 1[intransitive] default (on something) to fail to do something that you legally have to do, especially by not paying a debt to default on a loan/debt defaulting borrowers/tenants
  2. 2[intransitive] default (to something) (computing) to happen when you do not make any other choice or change
de‧fault‧er
 
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noun mortgage defaultersSee default in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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