fixture
noun /ˈfɪkstʃə(r)/
/ˈfɪkstʃər/
- (British English) a sports event that has been arranged to take place on a particular date and at a particular place
- There are plans to make the race an annual fixture.
- Saturday’s fixture against Liverpool
- the season’s fixture list
Wordfinder- athlete
- champion
- compete
- fixture
- match
- record
- spectator
- sport
- stadium
- tournament
Extra Examples- The club was fined for not fulfilling its fixtures at the weekend.
- The golf club has staged many international fixtures.
- The team is playing an important fixture this evening.
- a home fixture against Leeds
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- important
- major
- difficult
- …
- play
- fulfil
- make something
- …
- list
- fixture against
- a thing such as a bath or toilet that is fixed in a house and that you do not take with you when you move house
- (British English) The price of the house includes fixtures and fittings.
- (figurative) He has stayed with us so long he seems to have become a permanent fixture.
Collocations Decorating and home improvementDecorating and home improvementHousescompare fittingTopics Houses and homesc1- refurbish/renovate/ (British English) do up a building/a house
- convert a building/house/room into homes/offices/(especially North American English) apartments/(British English) flats
- extend/enlarge a house/building/room/kitchen
- build (British English) an extension (to the back/rear of a house)/(North American English) an addition (on/to something)/(British English) a conservatory
- knock down/demolish a house/home/building/wall
- knock out/through the wall separating two rooms
- furnish/paint/ (especially British English) decorate a home/a house/an apartment/a flat/a room
- be decorated in bright colours/in a traditional style/with flowers/with paintings
- paint/plaster the walls/ceiling
- hang/put up/strip off/remove the wallpaper
- install/replace/remove the bathroom fixtures/(British English) fittings
- build/put up shelves
- lay wooden flooring/timber decking/floor tiles/a carpet/a patio
- put up/hang/take down a picture/painting/poster/curtain
- do (British English) DIY/carpentry/the plumbing/the wiring
- make home improvements
- add/install central heating/underfloor heating/insulation
- fit/install double-glazing/a smoke alarm
- insulate your house/your home/the walls/the pipes/the tanks/(especially British English) the loft
- fix/repair a roof/a leak/a pipe/the plumbing/a leaking (especially British English) tap/(North American English usually) faucet
- block/clog (up)/unblock/unclog a pipe/sink
- make/drill/fill a hole
- hammer (in)/pull out/remove a nail
- tighten/untighten/loosen/remove a screw
- saw/cut/treat/stain/varnish/paint wood
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- original
- light
- permanent
- …
- fixtures and fittings
Word Originlate 16th cent. (in the sense ‘fixing, becoming fixed’): alteration (first found in Shakespeare) of obsolete fixure (from late Latin fixura, from Latin figere ‘to fix’), with t inserted on the pattern of mixture.