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fixture
[ fiks-cher ]
noun
- something securely, and usually permanently, attached or appended, as to a house, apartment building, etc.:
a light fixture; kitchen fixtures.
- a person or thing long established in the same place or position.
- Machinery.
- 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.
- any of various devices for holding parts in certain positions during welding, assembly, etc.
- 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.
- Fox Hunting. one of a series of meets scheduled by a hunt to take place at a time and location listed on a card ھtܰc that is sent, usually once a month, to each member of a hunt.
- the act of fixing.
- British. an event that takes place regularly.
fixture
/ ˈɪʃə /
noun
- an object firmly fixed in place, esp a household appliance
- a person or thing regarded as fixed in a particular place or position
- property law an article attached to land and regarded as part of it
- a device to secure a workpiece in a machine tool
- a sports match or social occasion
- the date of such an event
- rare.the act of fixing
Derived Forms
- ˈھٳܰ, adjective
Other Word Forms
- ھtܰ· adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of fixture1
Example Sentences
In last year's fixture, Mitchell's side remained clinical throughout to clinch a third successive Grand Slam with a 42-21 win in Bordeaux.
Only five league fixtures remain as their city rivals Celtic prepare to clinch a 55th title and very possibly a ninth treble.
Sales have slumped, and the brand has faced backlash as Musk became a political fixture in the new White House administration.
The victory over the Blades left them five points clear at the top and, with a seemingly favourable run of fixtures until the end of the campaign, promotion looked inevitable.
The governing body which oversees the Italian top flight said the fixtures would be rearranged in due course.
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