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verb/dɪˈfɔːlt/
/dɪˈfɔːlt/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they default | /dɪˈfɔːlt/ /dɪˈfɔːlt/ |
| he / she / it defaults | /dɪˈfɔːlts/ /dɪˈfɔːlts/ |
| past simple defaulted | /dɪˈfɔːltɪd/ /dɪˈfɔːltɪd/ |
| past participle defaulted | /dɪˈfɔːltɪd/ /dɪˈfɔːltɪd/ |
| -ing form defaulting | /dɪˈfɔːltɪŋ/ /dɪˈfɔːltɪŋ/ |
- [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
- [intransitive] default (to something) to happen when you do not make any other choice or change
- The program defaults to the standard style each time you open it.
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French defaut, from defaillir ‘to fail’, based on Latin fallere ‘disappoint, deceive’.
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