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  1. DEFAULT meaning: 1. to fail to do something, such as pay a debt, that you legally have to do: 2. In sport, if a…. Learn more.

  2. what exists or happens usually if no changes are made. by default. If something happens by default, it happens only because something else does not happen: No one else stood in the election, so he won by default.

  3. noun. an option that is selected automatically unless an alternative is specified. synonyms: default option. see more. see less. type of: alternative, choice, option. one of a number of things from which only one can be chosen. noun.

  4. DEFAULT meaning: 1 : used to describe something that happens or is done when nothing else has been done or can be done usually used in the phrase {phrase}by default{/phrase} sometimes used before another noun; 2 : a failure to make a payment (such as a payment on a loan)

  5. noun. /dɪˈfɔːlt/, /ˈdiːfɔːlt/ Idioms. [uncountable, countable, usually singular] what happens or appears if you do not make any other choice or change, especially in a computer program. The default is fifty lines. The default option is to save your work every five minutes. What is your default browser? All my life, envy has been my default emotion.

  6. 2 days ago · 1. verb. If a person, company, or country defaults on something that they have legally agreed to do, such as paying some money or doing a piece of work before a particular time, they fail to do it. [law] The credit card business is down, and more borrowers are defaulting on loans.

  7. de•fault /dɪˈfɔlt/ n. [ uncountable] failure to act, esp. failure to pay one's debts: to face financial default. Sport failure to appear for or complete a match: progressed into the finals because of his opponent's default.

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