fixture

fixture
noun
1 sth fixed in a house
ADJECTIVE
▪ original
▪

an exceptional example of Victorian architecture with the original fixtures intact

▪ light
▪

The apartment still has the original light fixtures.

▪ permanent (often figurative)
▪

The new conductor is now a permanent fixture in the orchestra.

PHRASES
▪ fixtures and fittings (BrE)
2 (BrE) sporting event
ADJECTIVE
▪ important, major
▪ difficult
▪ away, home
▪ annual, regular
▪ opening
▪ final
▪ international
▪ friendly
▪ league
▪ sporting
VERB + FIXTURE
▪ play
▪

The team is playing an important fixture this evening.

▪ fulfil
▪

The club was fined for not fulfilling its fixtures at the weekend.

▪ make sth
▪

There are plans to make the race an annual fixture.

▪ arrange, schedule
▪ stage
▪

The golf club has staged many international fixtures.

▪ postpone
FIXTURE + NOUN
▪ list
▪

a full fixture list of friendly matches

PREPOSITION
▪ fixture against
▪

a home fixture against Leeds


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  • Fixture — Fix ture (f[i^]ks t[ u]r; 135), n. [Cf. {Fixure}.] 1. That which is fixed or attached to something as a permanent appendage; as, the fixtures of a pump; the fixtures of a farm or of a dwelling, that is, the articles which a tenant may not take… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Fixture — Fixture. См. Крепление. (Источник: «Металлы и сплавы. Справочник.» Под редакцией Ю.П. Солнцева; НПО Профессионал , НПО Мир и семья ; Санкт Петербург, 2003 г.) …   Словарь металлургических терминов

  • fixture — UK US /ˈfɪkstʃər/ noun [C] ► PROPERTY something in a house that is permanently fixed, such as bathroom equipment, and that is not taken by someone when they move to a new home: »All fixtures and fittings are included in the house price. → Compare …   Financial and business terms

  • fixture — 1590s, “act of fixing,” perhaps from FIX (Cf. fix) on model of mixture. Meaning anything fixed or securely fastened is from 1812 …   Etymology dictionary

  • fixture — [n] fitting, appliance accessory, appendage, appurtenance, attachment, component, device, equipment; concept 463 …   New thesaurus

  • fixture — sustantivo masculino 1. Área: deporte Origen: Argentina, Uruguay. Calendario deportivo de una competición …   Diccionario Salamanca de la Lengua Española

  • fixture — ► NOUN 1) a piece of equipment or furniture which is fixed in position in a building or vehicle. 2) (fixtures) articles attached to a house or land and considered legally part of it so that they normally remain in place when an owner moves. 3)… …   English terms dictionary

  • fixture — [fiks′chər] n. [< ME fixure (< LL fixura < L fixus: see FIX), altered by analogy with MIXTURE] 1. anything firmly in place 2. any of the fittings or furniture of a house, store, etc. attached to the building and, ordinarily, considered… …   English World dictionary

  • fixture — 01. We bought some new bathroom [fixtures] for the upstairs bathroom. 02. She has become a [fixture] in the local theater scene. 03. Chuck s grandmother has become a permanent [fixture] at all our football games. 04. He lives in a huge mansion… …   Grammatical examples in English

  • Fixture — A fixture can refer to: * a testing fixture when talking about ATEs * a light fixture * a plumbing fixture * Fixture (tool), a tool used in manufacturing * Fixture (property law), in property law, a chattel which has become permanently attached… …   Wikipedia

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