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語源

Alteration of older fixure, on the model of mixture.

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈfɪks.t͡ʃə/
• (米国発音) IPA: /ˈfɪks.t͡ʃɚ/
• (General Australian) IPA: /ˈfɪks.t͡ʃə/

名詞

fixture (plural fixtures)

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.

   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.
   • 1886, Peter Christen Asbjø￵rnsen, 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).

   • 2025 June 21, Jo Ellison, “The Bezos merger we all want a piece of”, in FT Weekend (Life & Arts section), London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 22:

     […] 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.

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.

派生語

Further reading

• “fixture”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “fixture”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.

動詞

fixture (third-person singular simple present fixtures, present participle fixturing, simple past and past participle fixtured)

1. (transitive) To furnish with, as, or in a fixture.

   The device is available in both handheld and fixtured models.

2. (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.