default
When you do not do something you should do, like paying money you owe or going to an event.
A failure to do something that is required, especially to pay money or attend something as expected.
The choice or setting that a computer or system uses if you do not choose something else.
A setting, option, or condition that is automatically used if no alternative is specified.
To not do something you should do, like paying money you owe or going somewhere you promised to go.
To fail to do something that is required, especially to pay money owed or attend as expected.
- Base: default
- Plural: defaults
- Base: default
- 3rd Person Singular: defaults
- Present Participle: defaulting
- Past: defaulted
by default
1Automatically, without active choice
Happening because nothing else was chosen or done.
- The program runs in English by default.
- She became team leader by default when no one else volunteered.
default on
1Fail to meet specific obligation
To fail to do something required for a particular thing, like paying a loan.
- He defaulted on his credit card payment.
- They may lose their home if they default on the mortgage.
set as default
1Make something the automatic choice
To choose something so it will be used automatically unless changed.
- I set this photo as my default background.
- You can set your preferred browser as the default.