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FIKSCH-uh/ˈfɪkstʃə/

A fixture is a scheduled match or a regular event in a calendar; also an object fixed in a building (lights, a sink, a door closer): a home fixture, a plumbing fixture. A date is everyday; a fitting is the object twin; an ad-hoc email is not a timetable. Do not move a sitting by a late-night message and keep the word fixture.

Meaning

A scheduled match or regular event; also an object fixed in a building.

Examples

• “The January sitting is a fixture; an email the night before is not a timetable.”
• “Match is sport. Appointment is one person. A fire-door closer is a fixture in the building sense. Calendars are published. Last-minute mail is a change request. Publish the date; then the reminder.”

Good to know

A regular date (or a fitted object). Everyday: date / match. Contrast: an ad-hoc email. Lookalike: a bathroom fitting.

Near in meaning

match

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