by default

English

Prepositional phrase

by default

1. In absence of any opposing action.

   If we don't do something, they'll win by default.

   No one could think of a better name, so we chose "Strawman" by default.

   If he wins an election, it will only be by default.

Translations

in absence of any opposing action

Catalan: per omissió Chinese: Mandarin: 默認情況下 / 默认情况下 (mòrènqíngkuàngxià) Esperanto: defaŭlte French: par défaut (fr) Georgian: გულისხმობის პრინციპით (gulisxmobis ṗrinciṗit) German: standardmäßig (de), vorgabemäßig Italian: a tavolino Polish: domyślnie (pl) Portuguese: por omissão (pt), por defeito (pt) Russian: по умолча́нию (ru) (po umolčániju) Spanish: de forma predeterminada, por omisión, por defecto Swedish: som standard Turkish: gıyaben (tr), varsayılan Ukrainian: за замо́вчуванням (za zamóvčuvannjam)