From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishby defaultby defaulta)WINif you win a game, competition etc by default, you win it because your opponent did not play or because there were no other competitorsb)if something happens by default, it happens because you did not do anything to change it βdefaultExamples from the Corpusby defaultβ’ The dollar is benefitingby default from the weakness of the yen.
