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DEFAULT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Loss due to not showing up
Example:
he lost the game by default
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("default" is a kind of...):
loss (the act of losing someone or something)
absence (failure to be present)
Sense 2
Meaning:
An option that is selected automatically unless an alternative is specified
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("default" is a kind of...):
alternative; choice; option (one of a number of things from which only one can be chosen)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Loss resulting from failure of a debt to be paid
Synonyms:
default; nonpayment; nonremittal
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
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)
Derivation:
default (fail to pay up)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Act of failing to meet a financial obligation
Synonyms:
default; nonpayment; nonremittal
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Hypernyms ("default" is a kind of...):
failure (an act that fails)
Derivation:
default (fail to pay up)
II. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they default ... he / she / it defaults
Past simple: defaulted
Past participle: defaulted
-ing form: defaulting
Sense 1
Meaning:
Fail to pay up
Synonyms:
default; default on
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
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)
Derivation:
default (loss resulting from failure of a debt to be paid)
default (act of failing to meet a financial obligation)
defaulter (someone who fails to meet a financial obligation)
