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2 entries found.

Main Entry:
1de·fault 
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Pronunciation:
\di-ˈflt, dē-; ˈdē-ˌflt\
Function:
noun
Etymology:
Middle English defaute, defaulte, from Anglo-French, from defaillir to be lacking, fail, from de- + faillir to fail
Date:
13th century
1: failure to do something required by duty or law : neglect2archaic : fault3: a failure to pay financial debts4 a: failure to appear at the required time in a legal proceeding b: failure to compete in or to finish an appointed contest <lost the game by default>5 a: a selection made usually automatically or without active consideration due to lack of a viable alternative <remained the club's president by default> b: a selection automatically used by a computer program in the absence of a choice made by the user
in default of
: in the absence of


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