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Fixture

/ˈfɪks.t͡ʃə/ · noun

Meaning

(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..

Definitions by Sense

  1. (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.
  2. A regular patron of a place or institution; a person constantly present at a certain place.
  3. A lighting unit; a luminaire.
  4. A work-holding or support device used in the manufacturing industry.
  5. (sports, chiefly British, Commonwealth, Ireland) A scheduled match.
  6. (computing, programming) A state that can be recreated, used as a baseline for running software tests.
  7. (transitive) To furnish with, as, or in a fixture.
  8. (transitive, sports, Australia, New Zealand) To schedule (a match).

Example Sentences

The residence was sold with fixtures and fittings.
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.
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).
[…] the guest list, which hovers around 200, may include Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner, Oprah (a fixture at any self-respecting million-dollar wedding), Donald Trump Jr and the country singer Jewel.
The device is available in both handheld and fixtured models.
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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Antonyms for fixture

Related Words

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What does fixture mean?

Fixture means (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..

What is a synonym for fixture?

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What is the opposite of fixture?

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How do you use fixture in a sentence?

The residence was sold with fixtures and fittings.

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