by default
In absence, granted
By default describes what happens when no alternative action is taken or no other choice is made.
A setting that activates by default does so automatically unless changed: The browser opens by default to the home page.
In law, winning by default means the opposing party failed to appear or respond.
More broadly, something that happens by default occurs through inaction or elimination of alternatives rather than deliberate choice: She became team leader by default when everyone else quit.
Configured before use
- autopilotAutomated vehicle guidance system
- instinctiveArising without conscious thought
- reflexInvoluntary stimulus response
- involuntaryNot under conscious control
habitual · mechanical · unconscious · second-nature · ingrained · hardwired · implicit · unthinking
Original device configuration
- presetConfigured before use
- out-of-the-boxNovel or immediately usable
- preconfiguredSet up in advance
- built-inIncluded as standard
Standard, unremarkable
- typicalRepresentative of a kind
- usualOccurring most often
- conventionalFollowing accepted practices
- customaryDone by convention
expected · regular · routine · normal · baseline · benchmark · mainstream · commonplace
Belief held without proof
- suppositionBelief without proof
- inferenceConclusion reached through reasoning
- conjectureGuess from limited facts
- speculationUnproven theorizing or risky investment
hypothesis · expectation · premise · given · axiom · postulation · belief · guesswork
preset
Configured before use
- autopilotAutomated vehicle guidance system
- instinctiveArising without conscious thought
- reflexInvoluntary stimulus response
involuntary · habitual · mechanical · unconscious · second-nature · ingrained · hardwired · implicit · unthinking · subconscious
factory settings
Original device configuration
- presetConfigured before use
- out-of-the-boxNovel or immediately usable
- preconfiguredSet up in advance
ordinary
Standard, unremarkable
- typicalRepresentative of a kind
- usualOccurring most often
- conventionalFollowing accepted practices
customary · expected · regular · routine · normal · baseline · benchmark · mainstream · commonplace · unremarkable
presumption
Belief held without proof
- suppositionBelief without proof
- inferenceConclusion reached through reasoning
- conjectureGuess from limited facts
speculation · hypothesis · expectation · premise · given · axiom · postulation · belief · guesswork · surmise
- autopilot modeautopilot, automatic, unconscious, subconscious, instinctively
by defaultby choice
by design · deliberately · intentionally · on purpose · consciously
default, defaults, defaulted, defaulting, defaulter, defaulters, fault, faults, faulty