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de·fault
(dĭ-fôlt′)n.
1. Failure to perform a task or fulfill an obligation, especially failure to meet a financial obligation: in default on a loan.
2. Law Failure of a party in a case to make a required court appearance.
3. The failure of one or more competitors or teams to participate in a contest: won the championship by default.
4.
a. Computers A particular setting or value for a variable that is assigned automatically by an operating system and remains in effect unless canceled or overridden by the operator: changed the default for the page margins.
b. A situation or condition that is the case in the absence of active intervention.
v. de·fault·ed, de·fault·ing, de·faults
v.intr.
1.
a. To fail to do what is required.
b. To fail to pay money when it is due.
2. Computers To revert to a default.
3. Law
a. To fail to appear in court as a party to a case when summoned.
b. To lose a case by not appearing.
4. To fail to take part in or complete a scheduled contest.
v.tr.
Idiom: 1. To fail to perform or pay.
2. Law To lose (a case) by failing to appear in court.
3. To fail to take part in or complete (a contest, for example).
in default of
Through the failure, absence, or lack of.
[Middle English defaute, from Old French, from past participle of defaillir, to fail, grow weak : de-, intensive pref.; see de- + faillir; see fail.]
de·fault′er n.
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default
(dɪˈfɔːlt)n
1. (Law) a failure to act, esp a failure to meet a financial obligation or to appear in a court of law at a time specified
2. (Banking & Finance) a failure to act, esp a failure to meet a financial obligation or to appear in a court of law at a time specified
3. absence or lack
4. by default in the absence of opposition or a better alternative: he became prime minister by default.
5. in default of through or in the lack or absence of
6. (Law) judgment by default law a judgment in the plaintiff's favour when the defendant fails to plead or to appear
7. lack, want, or need
8. (Computer Science) computing
a. the preset selection of an option offered by a system, which will always be followed except when explicitly altered
b. (as modifier): default setting.
vb
9. (Banking & Finance) (intr; often foll by on or in) to fail to make payment when due
10. (intr) to fail to fulfil or perform an obligation, engagement, etc: to default in a sporting contest.
11. (Law) law to lose (a case) by failure to appear in court
12. (tr) to declare that (someone) is in default
[C13: from Old French defaute, from defaillir to fail, from Vulgar Latin dēfallīre (unattested) to be lacking]
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de•fault
(dɪˈfɔlt)n.
1. failure to act; inaction or neglect: They lost their best client by default.
2. failure to meet financial obligations.
3. failure to comply with a legal obligation.
4. Sports. failure to appear for or complete a match.
5. a preset value that a computer system assumes or an action that it takes unless otherwise instructed.
v.t. 6. to fail to perform or pay.
7. to declare to be in default, esp. legally.
8. Sports.
v.i. a. to fail to compete in (a contest).
b. to lose by default.
9. to fail to fulfill an obligation.
10. (of a computer system) to assume a preset value or take an action unless otherwise instructed.
Idioms: in default of, for lack or want of.
[1175–1225; defau(l)te < Old French defaute. See de–, fault, fail]
de•fault′er, n.
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default
Past participle: defaulted
Gerund: defaulting
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Noun | 1. | default - loss due to not showing up; "he lost the game by default" loss - the act of losing someone or something; "everyone expected him to win so his loss was a shock" absence - failure to be present |
2. | default - act of failing to meet a financial obligation failure - an act that fails; "his failure to pass the test" | |
3. | default - loss resulting from failure of a debt to be paid delinquency - nonpayment of a debt when due financial loss - loss of money or decrease in financial value | |
4. | default - an option that is selected automatically unless an alternative is specified alternative, option, choice - one of a number of things from which only one can be chosen; "what option did I have?"; "there no other alternative"; "my only choice is to refuse" | |
Verb | 1. | default - fail to pay up |
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default
verb
noun
1. failure (usually in phrase `by default` or `in default of`) want, lack, fault, absence, neglect, defect, deficiency, lapse, omission, dereliction The other team failed to turn up so we won by default.
2. nonpayment, evasion, failure to pay, non-remittance The country can't pay its foreign debts and default is inevitable.
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default
nounNonperformance of what ought to be done:
Law: nonfeasance.
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Translations
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default
[dɪˈfɔːlt]A. N
1. (on contract) → incumplimiento m (on de) (on payment) → impago m (on de) to be in default → estar en mora
judgment by default → juicio m en rebeldía
he won by default → ganó por incomparecencia de su adversario
we must not let it go by default → no debemos dejarlo escapar por descuido or sin hacer nada
in default of → a falta de
judgment by default → juicio m en rebeldía
he won by default → ganó por incomparecencia de su adversario
we must not let it go by default → no debemos dejarlo escapar por descuido or sin hacer nada
in default of → a falta de
B. VI
2. (Sport) (= not appear) → no presentarse, no comparecer
3. (Comput) it always defaults to the C drive → siempre va a la unidad de disco C por defecto
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default
[dɪˈfɔːlt] vi
(= break legal agreement) → faire défaut
to default on sth [+ payment, loan] → ne pas s'acquitter de qch
to default on a debt → ne pas s'acquitter d'une dette
to default on sth [+ payment, loan] → ne pas s'acquitter de qch
to default on a debt → ne pas s'acquitter d'une dette
(= break promise) → manquer à ses engagements
[ˈdiːfɔːlt dɪˈfɔːlt] n
(COMPUTING) (also default value) → valeur f par défaut
by default (= through lack of competition) → par défaut, par contumace
to win by default [candidate, politician] → remporter une victoire par défaut; [team, competitor] → gagner par forfait
to win by default [candidate, politician] → remporter une victoire par défaut; [team, competitor] → gagner par forfait
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
default
n
(= failure to appear, Jur) → Nichterscheinen nt → vor Gericht; (Sport) → Nichtantreten nt; (= failure to perform duty) → Versäumnis f; (= failure to pay) → Nichtzahlung f; judgement by default (Jur) → Versäumnisurteil nt; to win by default → kampflos gewinnen
vi (= not appear, Jur) → nicht erscheinen; (Sport) → nicht antreten; (= not perform duty, not pay) → säumig sein; to default in one’s payments → seinen Zahlungsverpflichtungen nicht nachkommen; it always defaults to the C drive (Comput) → es wird immer das Laufwerk C angesprochen
default
:default printer
n → Standarddrucker m
default value
n → Standardwert m
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default
[dɪˈfɔːlt]1. n
a. by default → per esclusione
judgement by default (Law) → sentenza in contumacia
to win by default → vincere per abbandono dell'avversario
in default of → in mancanza di
judgement by default (Law) → sentenza in contumacia
to win by default → vincere per abbandono dell'avversario
in default of → in mancanza di
b. (Comput) (also default value) → default m inv
2. vi (gen) → essere inadempiente (Law) (not appear) → non presentarsi in giudizio, essere contumace; (not pay) → risultare inadempiente
to default on a debt → non onorare un debito
to default on a debt → non onorare un debito
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