# fixture
## English
### Etymology

Alteration of older fixure, on the model of mixture.

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈfɪks.t͡ʃə/
* (US) IPA: /ˈfɪks.t͡ʃɚ/
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* (General Australian) IPA: /ˈfɪks.t͡ʃə/
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### Noun

fixture (plural fixtures)
* (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.
    The residence was sold with fixtures and fittings.
* A regular patron of a place or institution; a person constantly present at a certain place.
** 1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 4: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.
** 2020 January 22, Stuart Jeffries, “Terry Jones obituary”, in The Guardian‎: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).
* A lighting unit; a luminaire.
* A work-holding or support device used in the manufacturing industry.
* (sports, chiefly British, Commonwealth, Ireland) A scheduled match.
* (computing, programming) A state that can be recreated, used as a baseline for running software tests.

#### Derived terms

* fixtureless
* light fixture

#### Further reading

* “fixture”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
* “fixture”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

### Verb

fixture (third-person singular simple present fixtures, present participle fixturing, simple past and past participle fixtured)
* (transitive) To furnish with, as, or in a fixture.
    The device is available in both handheld and fixtured models.
* (transitive, sports, Australia, New Zealand) To schedule (a match).
** 2009 January 30, AAP, “Zimbabwe cricket head Chingoka refused entry to Australia”, in Herald Sun‎: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.

## Spanish
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English fixture.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfiɡst͡ʃuɾ/ [ˈfiɣ̞s.t͡ʃuɾ]
* Rhymes: -iɡstʃuɾ

### Noun

fixture m (plural fixtures)
* (sports) fixture
* The whole schedule of games to be played in a championship, indicating when each game is to be played, and which team is to play at home.
* The whole list of games to be played by a given team, indicating the date of each game, and which team is to play at home.

#### Usage notes

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.

#### Synonyms

calendario, programación