default setting

collocation in English

meaningsofdefaultandsetting

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default
noun
uk
/dɪˈfɒlt/us
/dɪˈfɑːlt/
the thing that exists or happens if you do not change it intentionally by performing ...
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setting
noun
uk
/ˈset.ɪŋ/us
/ˈset̬.ɪŋ/
the position of a house or ...
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(Definition ofdefaultandsettingfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The constraint may function as adefaultsetting, remaining in force only as long as the environment is not too recalcitrant.
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Choosing to leave decisions up to the healthcare provider is then a decision, not adefaultsetting.
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Keenness 1.5, threshold 8 (this is thedefaultsetting).
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Its metaphysical 'defaultsetting' is nonexistence, and it needs to be switched out of this default setting moment by moment if it is to remain in existence.
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It will transform thedefaultsettingfrom "this should be kept quiet unless"to"this should be published unless".
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Despite all the arguments about some hole developing in law enforcement, thedefaultsettingis the status quo.
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On top of this, several player-created mods are included in the standard game packs, some of which are more popular than thedefaultsetting.
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Extra ships were usually awarded at 40,000 and 100,000 points, but thisdefaultsettingcould be changed by the machine's owner.
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In cooler climates, thedefaultsettingof the reversing valve is heating.
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Samples can be assigned to the melody (defaultsetting), bass, and chord sections, allowing them to be used as part of the auto accompaniment modes.
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Thedefaultsettingof 3.3 seconds could be decreased to 0.5 seconds but not reduced to zero, while the maximum delay was 10 seconds.
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The alternative is unconsciousness, thedefaultsetting, the rat race, the constant gnawing sense of having had, and lost, some infinite thing.
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The list of settings are relatively short and are always additional to the systemdefaultsetting.
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This is thedefaultsetting.
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Thedefaultsettingis rapid-spanning tree.
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You can also override thedefaultsetting.
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A common error in that program is scratch disks full, which occurs when one has left the scratch disks configured to thedefaultsetting, being the boot drive.
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Thedefaultsettingin warmer climates is cooling.
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If all 6 bytes read 0, l33t reverts to the local machine's stdin and stdout (this is thedefaultsettingupon starting a l33t program).
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