default

/dɪˈfɔːlt/ noun

Translation

› [no plural] what exists or happens usually if no changes are made

varsayılan; değişime uğramadan önceki hali

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by default › If something happens by default, it happens only because something else does not happen.

gerekeni yapmamaktan, ihmalden

No one else stood in the election, so he won by default.18521783

default adjective [always before noun] ›

varsayılan

The default font size is 10.

(Definition of default noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

to do something that spoils someone's plans

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