fixture noun
1 sporting event
ADJ. important, major | difficult | away, home | annual, regular | opening | final | international | friendly | league | sporting
VERB + FIXTURE play playing an important fixture this evening | fulfil The club was fined for not fulfilling its fixtures at the weekend. | make sth There are plans to make the race an annual fixture. | arrange, schedule | stage The golf club has staged many international fixtures. | postpone
FIXTURE + NOUN list a full fixture list of friendly matches
PREP. ~ against a home fixture against Leeds
2 sth fixed in a house
ADJ. original an exceptional example of Victorian architecture with the original fixtures and fittings intact | permanent (often figurative) The new conductor is now a permanent fixture in the orchestra.
PHRASES fixtures and fittings