Crossword-Solution: DEFAULT
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Default | n. | A failing or failure; omission of that which ought to be done; neglect to do what duty or law requires; as, this evil has happened through the governor's default. |
| Default | n. | Fault; offense; ill deed; wrong act; failure in virtue or wisdom. |
| Default | n. | A neglect of, or failure to take, some step necessary to secure the benefit of law, as a failure to appear in court at a day assigned, especially of the defendant in a suit when called to make answer; also of jurors, witnesses, etc. |
| Default | v. i. | To fail in duty; to offend. |
| Default | v. i. | To fail in fulfilling a contract, agreement, or duty. |
| Default | v. i. | To fail to appear in court; to let a case go by default. |
| Default | v. t. | To fail to perform or pay; to be guilty of neglect of; to omit; as, to default a dividend. |
| Default | v. t. | To call a defendant or other party whose duty it is to be present in court, and make entry of his default, if he fails to appear; to enter a default against. |
| Default | v. t. | To leave out of account; to omit. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| DEFAULT | anagram | FAULTED |
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An inflammatory disease of the skin, characterized by the
presence of redness and itching, an eruption of small vesicles, and the
discharge of a watery exudation, which often dries up, leaving the skin
covered with crusts; -- called also tetter, milk crust, and salt rheum.
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Sentences with DEFAULT (5)
What words have past thy Lips, _Adam_ severe, Imput’st thou that to my default, or will Of wandering, as thou call’st it, which who knows But might as ill have happ’nd thou being by, Or to thy self perhaps: hadst thou bin there, Or bere th’ attempt, thou couldst not have discernd Fraud in the Serpent, speaking as he spake; No ground of enmitie between us known, Why hee should mean me ill, or seek to harme.
The reason is this: in a normal ASCII transfer (the default), certain characters are translated between systems, to help make text files more readable.
Because the default mailers supplied with UNIX and other operating systems haven't evolved as quickly as human usage, the older conventions using a leading TAB or three or four spaces are still alive; however, >-inclusion is now clearly the prevalent form in both netnews and mail.
Landulph rose, and was in the act of claiming judgment by default when a strange clacking sound was heard coming up the stairs.
The default is often indicated in brackets: Do you really want to quit [n]? Hitting return here will not quit.
Quotes with DEFAULT (3)
I fell in love with him. But I don't just stay with him by default as if there's no one else available to me. I stay with him because I choose to, every day that I wake up, every day that we fight or lie to each other or disappoint each other. I choose him over and over again, and he chooses me.
You might never fail on the scale I did, but some failure in life is inevitable. It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all - in which case, you fail by default.
I am prone to envy. It is one of my three default emotions, the others being greed and rage. I have also experienced compassion and generosity, but only fleetingly and usually while drunk, so I have little memory.
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Appears in: Chronicle, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, NYT, Universal, USA TODAY, WSJ.
Used 19 times in crossword archives (1966–2025).