āĻ āύā§āϏāύā§āϧāĻžāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻ āĻāĻŋāϧāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
to default
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āĻĄāĻŋāĻĢāϞā§āĻ āĻāϰāĻž, āĻĻāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻŋāϤā§āĻŦ āĻĒāĻžāϞāύ⧠āĻŦā§āϝāϰā§āĻĨ āĻšāĻāϝāĻŧāĻž
to fail at accomplishing an obligation, particularly a financial one
Intransitive: to default | to default on an obligation
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Failing to repay the loan on time could cause the borrower to default.
āĻāĻŖ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧāĻŽāϤ⧠āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻļā§āϧ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻŦā§āϝāϰā§āĻĨ āĻšāϞ⧠āĻāĻŖāĻā§āϰāĻšā§āϤāĻž āĻĄāĻŋāĻĢāϞā§āĻ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰā§āĨ¤
02
āĻĄāĻŋāĻĢāϞā§āĻ, āĻĄāĻŋāĻĢāϞā§āĻ āĻšāĻŋāϏāĻžāĻŦā§ āϏā§āĻ āĻāϰā§āύ
(of a computer program) to always do the same thing unless instructed differently
Intransitive: to default to a specified action
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The app defaults to displaying the homepage every time it opens.
āĻ
ā§āϝāĻžāĻĒāĻāĻŋ āĻā§āϞāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻĄāĻŋāĻĢāϞā§āĻ āĻšāĻŋāϏāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻšā§āĻŽāĻĒā§āĻ āĻĒā§āϰāĻĻāϰā§āĻļāύ āĻāϰā§āĨ¤
Default
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āĻ āύā§āĻĒāϏā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤāĻŋ, āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§āϝā§āϤāĻŋ
a failure to appear or respond in a required setting, especially in legal or competitive contexts, resulting in automatic loss
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He was declared guilty by default after missing the court hearing.
āĻāĻĻāĻžāϞāϤā§āϰ āĻļā§āύāĻžāύāĻŋ āĻŽāĻŋāϏ āĻāϰāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ āϤāĻžāĻā§ āĻ
āύā§āĻĒāϏā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤāĻŋāϤ⧠āĻĻā§āώ⧠āϏāĻžāĻŦā§āϝāϏā§āϤ āĻāϰāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
02
āĻĄāĻŋāĻĢāϞā§āĻ, āĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŦāύāĻŋāϰā§āϧāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āĻŦāĻŋāĻāϞā§āĻĒ
a predefined option based on which a computer or other device performs a particular task unless it is changed
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The default setting for the browser's homepage is the search engine's website, but users can change it to their preferred page.
āĻŦā§āϰāĻžāĻāĻāĻžāϰā§āϰ āĻšā§āĻŽāĻĒā§āĻā§āϰ āĻĄāĻŋāĻĢāϞā§āĻ āϏā§āĻāĻŋāĻāĻāĻŋ āϏāĻžāϰā§āĻ āĻāĻā§āĻāĻŋāύā§āϰ āĻāϝāĻŧā§āĻŦāϏāĻžāĻāĻ, āϤāĻŦā§ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰāĻāĻžāϰā§āϰāĻž āĻāĻāĻŋ āϤāĻžāĻĻā§āϰ āĻĒāĻāύā§āĻĻā§āϰ āĻĒā§āώā§āĻ āĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāϰā§āϤāύ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰā§āύāĨ¤
03
āĻāĻŖ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻļā§āϧ⧠āĻŦā§āϝāϰā§āĻĨāϤāĻž, āĻĄāĻŋāĻĢāϞā§āĻ
a failure to fulfill a financial obligation, especially the repayment of a loan or debt, often resulting in legal consequences or damage to credit
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
His credit score dropped due to a loan default.
āĻāĻŖā§āϰ āĻĄāĻŋāĻĢāϞā§āĻ āĻāϰ āĻāĻžāϰāĻŖā§ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻā§āϰā§āĻĄāĻŋāĻ āϏā§āĻā§āϰ āĻāĻŽā§ āĻā§āĻā§āĨ¤
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāϤā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
defaulter
default
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