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Definitions for Default

[1] failure to act; inaction or neglect: They lost their best client by sheer default.
[2] failure to meet financial obligations.
[3] Law . failure to perform an act or obligation legally required, especially to appear in court or to plead at a time assigned.
[4] Sports . failure to arrive in time for, participate in, or complete a scheduled match.
[5] lack; want; absence.
[6] Computers . a value that a program or operating system assumes, or a course of action that a program or operating system will take, when the user or programmer specifies no overriding value or action.
[7] to fail in fulfilling or satisfying an engagement, claim, or obligation.
[8] to fail to meet financial obligations or to account properly for money in one's care: When he defaulted in his payments, the bank foreclosed on the car.
[9] Law . to fail to appear in court.
[10] Sports . to fail to participate in or complete a match. to lose a match by default.
[11] to fail to perform or pay: to default a debt.
[12] to declare to be in default, especially legally: The judge defaulted the defendant.
[13] Sports . to fail to compete in (a scheduled game, race, etc.). to lose by default.
[14] Law . to lose by failure to appear in court.
[15] a failure to act, esp a failure to meet a financial obligation or to appear in a court of law at a time specified
[16] absence or lack
[17] by default in the absence of opposition or a better alternative he became prime minister by default
[18] in default of through or in the lack or absence of
[19] judgment by default law a judgment in the plaintiff's favour when the defendant fails to plead or to appear
[20] lack, want, or need
[21] (also ˈdiːfɔːlt ) computing the preset selection of an option offered by a system, which will always be followed except when explicitly altered (as modifier ) default setting
[22] (intr; often foll by on or in) to fail to make payment when due
[23] (intr) to fail to fulfil or perform an obligation, engagement, etc to default in a sporting contest
[24] law to lose (a case) by failure to appear in court
[25] (tr) to declare that (someone) is in default

Words related to Default

delinquency, nonpayment, evade, omission, privation, lack, defect, dearth, deficiency, dereliction, shortcoming, offense, miss, inadequacy, imperfection, absence, wrongdoing, oversight, slight, weakness

Words nearby Default

defamation, defamatory, defame, defamiliarization, defang, default, defaulter, defcon, defeasance, defease, defeasible

Origin of Default

1175–1225; Middle English defau(l)te < Anglo-French defalte, Old French defaute, derivative of defaillir, after faute, faillir. See de-, fault, fail

Other words from Default

non·de·fault·ing , adjective, noun
pre·de·fault , noun, verb
un·de·fault·ed , adjective
un·de·fault·ing , adjective

Word origin for Default

C13: from Old French defaute, from defaillir to fail, from Vulgar Latin dēfallīre (unattested) to be lacking

Synonyms for Default

delinquency, nonpayment, absence, blemish, blunder, dearth, defect, deficiency, dereliction, disregard, error, fault, imperfection, inadequacy, insufficiency, lack, lapse, miss, neglect, offense, omission, overlooking, oversight, privation, shortcoming, slight, transgression, vice, weakness, wrongdoing