# defaults

Pronunciation: US say "di-FAWLTS" /dɪˈfɔlts/; UK say "di-FOLTS" /dɪˈfɒlts/

## Noun

1. Plural of default. — plural of default
   - Simple: Plural of default. Use this form when you mean more than one.
   - _The new operating system ships with privacy-friendly defaults._
   - _A wave of mortgage defaults shook the housing market that year._

## Verb

2. Third-person singular simple present indicative of default. — third-person singular simple present indicative of default
   - Simple: Third-person singular of default. Use it with he, she, or it.
   - _When a borrower defaults, the lender may seize the collateral._
   - _The program defaults to the last saved file each time it opens._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/defaults (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).