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{
"term": "niche",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "c1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "a comfortable or suitable role, job, way of life, etc.",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "He eventually found his niche in sports journalism."
},
{
"text": "He had found his own little niche in life."
},
{
"text": "She's carved out quite a niche for herself in fashion design."
},
{
"text": "women who dared question their niche in society"
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["comfortable", "distinctive", "particular"],
"verb + niche": ["have", "find", "identify"],
"niche + noun": ["market", "marketing", "business"],
"preposition": ["in a/the niche", "into a/the niche", "niche for"],
"phrases": ["a niche in the market"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "a small section of the market for a particular kind of product or service",
"labels": "(business)",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "They spotted a niche in the market, with no serious competition."
},
{
"text": "There's a niche for a small stylish car."
}
],
"topics": ["Business"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["comfortable", "distinctive", "particular"],
"verb + niche": ["have", "find", "identify"],
"niche + noun": ["market", "marketing", "business"],
"preposition": ["in a/the niche", "into a/the niche", "niche for"],
"phrases": ["a niche in the market"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "a small hollow place, especially in a wall to contain a statue, etc., or in the side of a hill",
"cefr": "c2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The niche was just big enough to hold two small candles."
},
{
"text": "I found a niche in the rock and sat and watched while the sun rose and filled the valley with light."
}
],
"synonyms": "nook",
"topics": ["Buildings"]
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "a position or role taken by a kind of living thing within its community. Different living things may have the same niche in different places, for example antelopes in Africa and kangaroos in Australia.",
"labels": "(biology)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Within each niche, similar animals avoid competing with each other."
},
{
"text": "Mammals moved into the niche left vacant by the disappearance of the dinosaurs."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["comfortable", "distinctive", "particular"],
"verb + niche": ["have", "find", "identify"],
"niche + noun": ["market", "marketing", "business"],
"preposition": ["in a/the niche", "into a/the niche", "niche for"],
"phrases": ["a niche in the market"]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/niːʃ//nɪtʃ/",
"audio": "ni/niche/niche__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/niːʃ//nɪtʃ/",
"audio": "ni/niche/niche__us_3_rr.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "early 17th cent.: from French, literally ‘recess’, from nicher ‘make a nest’, based on Latin nidus ‘nest’."
}