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fixture

American  
[fiks-cher] / ˈfɪks tʃər /

noun

  1. something securely, and usually permanently, attached or appended, as to a house, apartment building, etc..

    a light fixture; kitchen fixtures.

  2. a person or thing long established in the same place or position.

  3. Machinery.

    1. any of various devices for holding work in a machine tool, especially one for machining in a straight line, as in a planer or milling machine.

    2. any of various devices for holding parts in certain positions during welding, assembly, etc.

  4. Law. a movable chattel, as a machine or heating plant, that, by reason of annexation to real property and adaptation to continuing use in connection with the realty, is considered a part of the realty.

  5. Fox Hunting. one of a series of meets scheduled by a hunt to take place at a time and location listed on a card fixturecard that is sent, usually once a month, to each member of a hunt.

  6. the act of fixing.

  7. British. an event that takes place regularly.


fixture British  
/ ˈfɪkstʃə /

noun

  1. an object firmly fixed in place, esp a household appliance

  2. a person or thing regarded as fixed in a particular place or position

  3. property law an article attached to land and regarded as part of it

  4. a device to secure a workpiece in a machine tool

    1. a sports match or social occasion

    2. the date of such an event

  5. rare the act of fixing

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Other Word Forms

  • fixtureless adjective

Etymology

Origin of fixture

1590–1600; variant of obsolete fixure (< Late Latin fixūra; fix, -ure ), with -t- from mixture

Example Sentences

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Two of the Jambos' next three fixtures are against the bottom two, with a visit from Dundee sandwiched in between.

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He also called Rohl "a very young man", which was tantamount to telling him to "sit down, you know nothing of this fixture".

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Newcastle are simply running out of fixtures to finally kick-start their Premier League season once and for all.

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After a famous win in their debut Super League fixture, York were brought back down to earth with a 46-14 drubbing by Leeds last weekend.

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And then you come out to warm up and you think, 'we're basically playing a home fixture'.

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