DEFAULT
Dictionary entry overview: What does default mean?
• DEFAULT (noun)
The noun DEFAULT has 4 senses:
1. loss due to not showing up
2. act of failing to meet a financial obligation
3. loss resulting from failure of a debt to be paid
4. an option that is selected automatically unless an alternative is specified
Familiarity information: DEFAULT used as a noun is uncommon.
• DEFAULT (verb)
The verb DEFAULT has 1 sense:
1. fail to pay up
Familiarity information: DEFAULT used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• DEFAULT (noun)
Meaning:
Loss due to not showing up
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Context example:
he lost the game by default
Hypernyms ("default" is a kind of...):
absence (failure to be present)
Meaning:
Act of failing to meet a financial obligation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Synonyms:
nonpayment; nonremittal; default
Hypernyms ("default" is a kind of...):
failure (an act that fails)
Meaning:
Loss resulting from failure of a debt to be paid
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Synonyms:
nonremittal; nonpayment; default
Hypernyms ("default" is a kind of...):
financial loss (loss of money or decrease in financial value)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "default"):
delinquency (nonpayment of a debt when due)
Meaning:
An option that is selected automatically unless an alternative is specified
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
default option; default
Hypernyms ("default" is a kind of...):
alternative; choice; option (one of a number of things from which only one can be chosen)
• DEFAULT (verb)
Meaning:
Fail to pay up
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Synonyms:
default; default on
Hypernyms (to "default" is one way to...):
fail; neglect (fail to do something; leave something undone)
"Default" entails doing...:
owe (be in debt)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
Antonym:
pay up (cancel or discharge a debt)
