fixture
English
Etymology
Alteration of older fixure, on the model of mixture.
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈfɪkst͡ʃɚ/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈfɪkstʃə/
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Noun
fixture (plural fixtures)
- (law) Something that is fixed in place, especially a permanent appliance or other item of personal property that is considered part of a house and is sold with it; compare fitting, furnishing.
- A regular patron of a place or institution; a person constantly present at a certain place.
- 1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, H.L. Brækstad, transl., Folk and Fairy Tales, page 4:
- I had to tell her all about my illness, and in return I had to endure a very long and circumstantial account of her rheumatism and her asthmatical ailments, which fortunately was interrupted by the noisy arrival of the children from the kitchen, where they had paid a visit to old Stine, a fixture in the house.
- 2020 January 22, Stuart Jeffries, “Terry Jones obituary”, in The Guardian:
- Jones and Palin became fixtures on the booming TV satire scene, writing for, among other BBC shows, The Frost Report (1966-67) and The Kathy Kirby Show (1964), as well as the ITV comedy sketch series Do Not Adjust Your Set (1967-69).
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- A lighting unit; a luminaire.
- (sports, chiefly Britain, Commonwealth, Ireland) A scheduled match.
- (computing, programming) A state that can be recreated, used as a baseline for running software tests.
- A work-holding or support device used in the manufacturing industry.
Derived terms
- light fixture
Translations
(law) Something that is fixed in place, especially a permanent appliance or other item of personal property that is considered part of a house and is sold with it
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A regular patron of a place or institution
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A lighting unit; a luminaire
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(sports) A scheduled match
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(computing, programming) A state that can be recreated, used as a baseline for running software tests
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work-holding or support device used in the manufacturing industry
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Further reading
- fixture in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- fixture in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911
Verb
fixture (third-person singular simple present fixtures, present participle fixturing, simple past and past participle fixtured)
- (transitive) To furnish with, as, or in a fixture.
- The device is available in both handheld and fixtured models.
- (transitive, sports, Australia, New Zealand) To schedule (a match).
- 2009 January 30, AAP, “Zimbabwe cricket head Chingoka refused entry to Australia”, in Herald Sun:
- Other items to be discussed include fixturing from 2012 onwards, preparations for this year's scheduled Champions Trophy and the Indian Cricket League's bid for recognition from the ICC.
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Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from English.
Noun
fixture m (plural fixtures)
- (sports) fixture
- the whole schedule of games to be played in a championship, indicating when each game is to be played, and which team is to play at home
- the whole list of games to be played by a given team, indicating the date of each game, and which team is to play at home