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# fixture

«fixture» in Mova's school dictionary: **something fixed in a building that is meant to stay…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a fixture, fixtures)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A fixture is something fixed in a building that is meant to stay there, like a sink, bath, light or cupboard. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fixture/#m1)

2) (UK, Ireland, Australia, NZ) A fixture is a sports match planned for a certain day. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fixture/#m2)

3) A fixture is a person or thing that is always there, like a regular at a place. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fixture/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life it appears in homes (light fixtures) and in sport (a fixture list of matches for the season). In stories, a person who is «a fixture» is always seen in one place. Phrases: fixture list, fixtures and fittings, light fixture, a permanent fixture.

### examples

- The new light fixture in the kitchen is very bright. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fixture/#x1)
- Our next fixture is against Westfield School. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fixture/#x2)
- The fixture list shows a home match every second Saturday. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fixture/#x3)
- When they moved, they left the fixtures, like the bath and sink. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fixture/#x4)
- Old Mr Jones is a fixture at the café; he's there every morning. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fixture/#x5)
- The match was a fixture between two top teams. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fixture/#x6)
- Our team has eight fixtures this term. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fixture/#x7)

### note

Countable: a fixture, fixtures. Sports sense mainly British and Commonwealth; Americans say «game» or «schedule». In maths: «8 fixtures, won 5» → not won = 8 − 5 = 3.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «fixture» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fixture/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.