Noun The defendant has made no appearance in the case and is in default. You can enter your own settings or use the defaults. Which font is the default in that computer program? Verb If the borrower defaults, the bank can take the house. The program defaults to a standard font.
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Noun
Now account will have a private profile by default, like with TikTok’s standard app. Morgan Sung, NBC News, 15 Sep. 2022 By default, though, some apps make your posts visible to every sentient being and bot on the internet. Jon Healey, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2022 The jury is tasked only with determining what Jones has to pay to eight victims’ families and an FBI agent — a judge already found the Infowars host liable for damages, by default. Dave Collins And Jennifer Peltz, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Sep. 2022 However, unlike the wireless-by-default Meta Quest 2, PSVR2 requires a cable connection for power and data transfer to a PlayStation 5 console. Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica, 14 Sep. 2022 The app will then detect updates and start to install them by default. Toby Grey, BGR, 13 Sep. 2022 Whether acknowledged or not, the IMF is now a major provider of climate finance by default. Kate Aronoff, The New Republic, 9 Sep. 2022 But Olivera, an optimistic person by default, wasn't dragged down by the discourse. Nick Romano, EW.com, 9 Sep. 2022 By default, though, the phone will just use those extra pixels to try to deliver better-quality photos in lowlight conditions at the standard 12 megapixel resolution — which is also welcome. Geoffrey A. Fowler, Washington Post, 8 Sep. 2022
Verb
Many merchants use cashless payment devices that default to a takeout tip ranging from 15 percent to 25 percent. Michelle Singletary, Washington Post, 16 Sep. 2022 Corporate bonds do worse when investors think the odds companies will default are rising. Matt Grossman, WSJ, 8 Sep. 2022 One concern is that the clearinghouse itself might default, the official said. Joe Wallace, WSJ, 4 Sep. 2022 The higher interest rates that some borrowers pay on their loans than others reflects lenders’ judgments about the prospects that the borrowers will default or that their collateral will be insufficient to cover the defaulted balance, or both. Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2022 The strains that saw China Evergrande Group and others default late last year are getting worse as the economy slows. William Pesek, Forbes, 12 Aug. 2022 If the display doesn't support 2048×1152, Anker says the monitor will default to 1920×1080. Scharon Harding, Ars Technica, 20 May 2022 The term redlining is a nod to how lenders identified neighborhoods with a greater share of people deemed more likely to default on a mortgage.CBS News, 27 July 2022 Many regional banks also have exposure to the country’s rapidly cooling housing market, in which big developers like Evergrande have defaulted on offshore bonds and look likely to default on onshore ones. Jane Li, Quartz, 12 July 2022 See More
Word History
Etymology
Noun and Verb
Middle English defaute, defaulte, from Anglo-French, from defaillir to be lacking, fail, from de- + faillir to fail