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

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 默認情況下／默认情况下 (mòrèn qíngkuàng xià), 默认情况下 (mòrènqíngkuàngxià)

• Esperanto: defaŭlte
• French: par défaut (fr)
• Georgian: გულისხმობის პრინციპით (gulisxmobis ṗrinciṗit)
• German: standardmäßig (de), vorgabemäßig
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• 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