fixture

To furnish with, as, or in a fixture.

Noun

  1. 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.
    • The residence was sold with fixtures and fittings.
  2. A regular patron of a place or institution; a person constantly present at a certain place.
    • 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...
    • 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...
    • […] 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. - 2025 June 21, Jo...
  3. A lighting unit; a luminaire.
  4. A work-holding or support device used in the manufacturing industry.
  5. A scheduled match.
  6. A state that can be recreated, used as a baseline for running software tests.

Origin

Alteration of older fixure, on the model of mixture.

Forms

fixtures

Derived

fixtureless light fixture

Verb

  1. To furnish with, as, or in a fixture.
    • The device is available in both handheld and fixtured models.
  2. To schedule (a match).
    • 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. - 2009 January 30, AAP,...

Forms

fixtures fixturing fixtured