default
noun [U] (RESULT) /dɪˈfɒlt/ /ˈdiː.fɒlt/
/-ˈfɑːlt/ Definition
› the thing that exists or happens if you do not change it intentionally by performing an action: Unless something else is agreed, the default is to meet at the hotel at 7.00 p.m. The computer will take 0 as the default value, unless you type in something different.formal In default of (= because there is not) any better alternative, we will have to proceed with the original plan.Standard and routine
(Definition of default noun (RESULT) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- average adjective (USUAL)
- bog-standard adjective
- conformity noun
- day-to-day adjective
- diet noun
- given adjective (HAVE HABIT)
- institutionalize verb (CUSTOM)
- orthodox adjective
- quotidian adjective
- regular adjective (EVEN)
- routine adjective
- routine noun
- routinely adverb
- set adjective (FIXED)
- standard adjective
- staple adjective
- staple noun (BASIC)
- std adjective
- stock adjective
- the daily round idiom
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