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Definition of default verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

default

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/
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  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
    Topics Crime and punishmentc2
  2. [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.
    Topics Preferences and decisionsc2
  3. Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French defaut, from defaillir ‘to fail’, based on Latin fallere ‘disappoint, deceive’.
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