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fix·ture

(fĭks′chər)

1. Something securely fixed in place.

2. Something attached as a permanent appendage, apparatus, or appliance: plumbing fixtures.

3. Law An item of personal property that is physically attached to a property and becomes part of it, as a machine that is installed.

4. One that is invariably present in and long associated with a place: a journalist who became a Washington fixture.

a. The act or process of fixing.

b. The condition of being fixed.

[Variant of obsolete fixure, from Late Latin fīxūra, from Latin fīxus, fixed; see fix.]

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

fixture

(ˈfɪkstʃə)

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. (Law) property law an article attached to land and regarded as part of it

4. (Mechanical Engineering) a device to secure a workpiece in a machine tool

5. (Team Sports, other than specified) chiefly

a. a sports match or social occasion

b. the date of such an event

6. rare the act of fixing

[C17: from Late Latin fixūra a fastening (with -t- by analogy with mixture)]

ˈfixtureless adj

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

fix•ture

(ˈfɪks tʃər)

n.

1. something securely and usu. permanently attached or appended, as to a building: a light fixture.

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

3. a chattel that has been attached to property so that its removal would damage the property and may therefore be considered as part of the property.

4. the act of fixing.

5. an event that takes place regularly.

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

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Noun	1.	fixture - an object firmly fixed in place (especially in a household) artefact, artifact - a man-made object taken as a whole bathroom fixture - any fixture in a bathroom lighting fixture - a fixture providing artificial light plumbing fixture - a fixture for the distribution and use of water in a building soap dish - a bathroom or kitchen fixture for holding a bar of soap
	2.	fixture - a regular patron; "an habitue of the racetrack"; "a bum who is a Central Park fixture" habitue, regular frequenter, patron - a regular customer
	3.	fixture - the quality of being fixed in place as by some firm attachment fixity, secureness, fastness, fixedness immovability, immovableness - not capable of being moved or rearranged lodgement, lodging, lodgment - the state or quality of being lodged or fixed even temporarily; "the lodgment of the balloon in the tree"
	4.	fixture - the act of putting something in working order again fixing, repair, mend, mending, reparation, fix improvement - the act of improving something; "their improvements increased the value of the property" darning - the act of mending a hole in a garment with crossing threads patching - the act of mending a hole in a garment by sewing a patch over it maintenance, upkeep, care - activity involved in maintaining something in good working order; "he wrote the manual on car care" quick fix, quickie, quicky, band aid - hurried repair restoration - the act of restoring something or someone to a satisfactory state reconstruction - the activity of constructing something again restitution - the act of restoring something to its original state

Translations

قِطْعَة أثاث ثابِتَهمَوْعِد مُحَدَّد

utkánízabudovaný kus nábytku

fast inventarstævne

Inventarstück Veranstaltung

instalación fija

installation à demeure

fastur liîur; kappleikur á föstum tímumföst tæki, naglfastur búnaîur

avvenimento del calendario sportivo avvenimento in calendario infisso

idrettskonkurranse etter turneringsplan innebygd gjenstand veggfast gjenstand

zabudovaný kus nábytku

fikstür müsabaka sabityerinden oynatılamıyan

固定物预定的运动项目

fixture

[ˈfɪkstʃəʳ]

A. N

1. [of house etc] fixtures → instalaciones fpl fijas
the house was sold with fixtures and fittings → la casa se vendió totalmente equipada

2. (Sport) → encuentro m

3. (= permanent feature) → elemento m fijo; (= date) → fecha f fija
he's become a permanent fixture in this house (hum) → es como si fuera parte del mobiliario de la casa

B. CPD fixture list N → lista f de encuentros

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

fixture

[ˈfɪkstʃə^r] n

(= match) → rencontre f

(in place, room) → installation f (fixe)
fixtures and fittings → les aménagements intérieurs

(= person)
She is a fixture in New York's nightclubs → Elle fait partie des meubles dans les boîtes de nuit new-yorkaises.fixture list n [sports team] → calendrier m des matchs

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

fixture

(of a building etc) fixtures → Ausstattung f, → unbewegliches Inventar (form); fixtures and fittings → Anschlüsse und unbewegliches Inventar (form); lighting fixtures → elektrische Anschlüsse; to be a fixture (fig hum, person) → zum Inventar gehören

(Brit Sport) → Spiel nt

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

fixture

[ˈfɪkstʃəʳ] n

a. (of house) fixtures npl → impianti mpl

b. (Sport) → incontro

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

fix

(fiks) verb

1. to make firm or steady. He fixed the post firmly in the ground; He fixed his eyes on the door.

2. to attach; to join. He fixed the shelf to the wall.

3. to mend or repair. He has succeeded in fixing my watch.

4. to direct (attention, a look etc) at. She fixed all her attention on me.

5. (often with up) to arrange; to settle. to fix a price; We fixed (up) a meeting.

6. to make (something) permanent by the use of certain chemicals. to fix a photgraphic print.

7. to prepare; to get ready. I'll fix dinner tonight.

noun

trouble; a difficulty. I'm in a terrible fix!

fixˈation noun

a strong idea or opinion for or against something that one does not or cannot change. She has a fixation about travelling alone.

fixed adjective

1. arranged in advance; settled. a fixed price.

2. steady; not moving. a fixed gaze/stare.

3. arranged illegally or dishonestly. The result was fixed.

fixedly (ˈfiksidli) adverb

steadily. He stared fixedly.

fixture (ˈfikstʃə) noun

1. a fixed piece of furniture etc. We can't move the cupboard – it's a built-in fixture.

2. an event, especially sporting, arranged for a certain time. The football team has a fixture on Saturday.

fix on

to decide on, choose. Have you fixed on a date for the wedding?

fix (someone) up with (something)

to provide (someone) with (something). Can you fix me up with a car for tomorrow?

References in classic literature ?

Pontellier, upon leaving for his office, asked Edna if she would not meet him in town in order to look at some new fixtures for the library.

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There are no fixtures to men, if we appeal to consciousness.

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Mehevi acted as supreme lord over the place, spending the greater portion of his time there: and often when, at particular hours of the day, it was deserted by nearly every one else except the verd-antique looking centenarians, who were fixtures in the building, the chief himself was sure to be found enjoying his

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"Now get a string and fasten it to the sash-curtain fixtures of that window there.

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Just inside the door a number of notices were pinned up, lists of lectures, football fixtures, and the like; and these he looked at idly, trying to seem at his ease.

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He was obliged to take some mouldering fixtures that were on the place, and, among the rest, was a great lumbering wooden press for papers, with large glass doors, and a green curtain inside; a pretty useless thing for him, for he had no papers to put in it; and as to his clothes, he carried them about with him, and that wasn't very hard work, either.

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In short, to bring the matter at once to a point, it was incontrovertibly evident that somebody had taken the shop and fixtures of the long-retired and forgotten Mr.

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Skill and knowledge are now handed down from one set of students to another in this way, until at the present time a building of any description or size can be constructed wholly by our instructors and students, from the drawing of the plans to the putting in of the electric fixtures, without going off the grounds for a single workman.

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The expressionless uniform twenty houses, all to be knocked at and rung at in the same form, all approachable by the same dull steps, all fended off by the same pattern of railing, all with the same impracticable fire- escapes, the same inconvenient fixtures in their heads, and everything without exception to be taken at a high valuation--who has not dined with these?

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After the wonderful success of "Ozma of Oz" it is evident that Dorothy has become a firm fixture in these Oz stories.

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It stood nearly beneath the eaves of Boston's earliest church, and appeared to be a fixture there.

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Yet, oh, the great sun is no fixture; and if, at midnight, we would fain snatch some sweet solace from him, we gaze for him in vain!