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default
English
Etymology
From Middle English defaut, defaute, from Old French defaute (“fault, defect, failure, culpability, lack”), ultimately from Latin de- (“away”) + fallo (“deceive, cheat, escape notice of”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation):
- (noun) IPA(key): /d??f??lt/, /?di??f??lt/
- (verb) IPA(key): /d??f??lt/
- (noun) IPA(key): /d??f??lt/, /?di??f??lt/
- (General American), (cot–caught merger):
- (noun) IPA(key): /d??f?lt/, /?di??f?lt/
- (verb) IPA(key): /d??f?lt/
- Rhymes: -??lt
Noun
default (countable and uncountable, plural defaults)
- (finance) The condition of failing to meet an obligation.
- He failed to make payments on time and is now in default.
- You may cure this default by paying the full amount within a week.
- (electronics, computing) the original software programming settings as set by the factory
- A loss incurred by failing to compete.
- The team's three losses include one default.
- A selection made in the absence of an alternative.
- The man became the leader of the group as a default.
- (often attributive) A value used when none has been given; a tentative value or standard that is presumed.
- If you don't specify a number of items, the default is 1.
- (law) The failure of a defendant to appear and answer a summons and complaint.
- (obsolete) A failing or failure; omission of that which ought to be done; neglect to do what duty or law requires.
- This evil has happened through the governor's default.
- (obsolete) Lack; absence.
- 1820, Charles Maturin, Melmoth the Wanderer, volume 1, page 156:
- one was dragging a great coat from the window, before which it had long hung as a blind, in total default of glass or shutters
- 1820, Charles Maturin, Melmoth the Wanderer, volume 1, page 156:
- (obsolete) Fault; offence; wrong act.
Derived terms
- by default
- defaultly
Translations
Verb
default (third-person singular simple present defaults, present participle defaulting, simple past and past participle defaulted)
- (intransitive) To fail to meet an obligation.
- If you do not make your payments, you will default on your loan.
- (intransitive) To lose a competition by failing to compete.
- If you refuse to wear a proper uniform, you will not be allowed to compete and will default this match.
- (intransitive, computing) To assume a value when none was given; to presume a tentative value or standard.
- If you don't specify a number of items, it defaults to 1.
- (intransitive, law) To fail to appear and answer a summons and complaint.
Related terms
- by default
- default on
- in default
Translations
Anagrams
- faulted
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from English default.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /de.?fo/, /de.?fow/, /di.?fow/
Noun
default m (plural defaults)
- (computing) default (original settings)
- (computing) default (value used when none has been given)
Adjective
default (invariable, not comparable)
- (computing) being a default setting or value
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from English default.
Noun
default m (plural defaults)
- default
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obligation
English
Etymology
From Middle English obligacioun, from Old French obligacion, from Latin obligatio, obligationem, from obligatum (past participle of obligare), from ob- (“to”) + ligare (“to bind”), from Proto-Indo-European *ley?- (“to bind”).
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /?b.l???e?.??n/
- Rhymes: -e???n
Noun
obligation (countable and uncountable, plural obligations)
- The act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone.
- A social, legal, or moral requirement, duty, contract, or promise that compels someone to follow or avoid a particular course of action.
- A course of action imposed by society, law, or conscience by which someone is bound or restricted.
- (law) A legal agreement stipulating a specified action or forbearance by a party to the agreement; the document containing such agreement.
- 1668 December 19, James Dalrymple, “Mr. Alexander Seaton contra Menzies” in The Deci?ions of the Lords of Council & Se??ion I (Edinburgh, 1683), page 575
- The Pupil after his Pupillarity, had granted a Di?charge to one of the Co-tutors, which did extingui?h the whole Debt of that Co-tutor, and con?equently of all the re?t, they being all correi debendi, lyable by one individual Obligation, which cannot be Di?charged as to one, and ?tand as to all the re?t.
- 1668 December 19, James Dalrymple, “Mr. Alexander Seaton contra Menzies” in The Deci?ions of the Lords of Council & Se??ion I (Edinburgh, 1683), page 575
Usage notes
- Adjectives often used with "obligation": moral, legal, social, contractual, political, mutual, military, perpetual, etc.
Synonyms
- (the act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone): commitment
- (requirement, duty, contract or promise): duty
Antonyms
- (requirement, duty, contract or promise): right
Related terms
Translations
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin obligatio, obligationem, from the verb oblig? (“tie together”).
Pronunciation
Noun
obligation f (plural obligations)
- obligation
Related terms
- obliger
Further reading
- “obligation” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Middle English
Noun
obligation
- Alternative form of obligacioun
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