- a comfortable or suitable role, job, way of life, etc.
- He eventually found his niche in sports journalism.
Extra Examples- He had found his own little niche in life.
- She's carved out quite a niche for herself in fashion design.
- women who dared question their niche in society
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- comfortable
- distinctive
- particular
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- have
- find
- identify
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- market
- marketing
- business
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- in a/the niche
- into a/the niche
- niche for
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- a niche in the market
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- (business) a small section of the market for a particular kind of product or service
- They spotted a niche in the market, with no serious competition.
- There's a niche for a small stylish car.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- comfortable
- distinctive
- particular
- …
- have
- find
- identify
- …
- market
- marketing
- business
- …
- in a/the niche
- into a/the niche
- niche for
- …
- a niche in the market
- a small hollow place, especially in a wall to contain a statue, etc., or in the side of a hill synonym nook
- The niche was just big enough to hold two small candles.
- I found a niche in the rock and sat and watched while the sun rose and filled the valley with light.
- (biology) 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.
- Within each niche, similar animals avoid competing with each other.
- Mammals moved into the niche left vacant by the disappearance of the dinosaurs.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- comfortable
- distinctive
- particular
- …
- have
- find
- identify
- …
- market
- marketing
- business
- …
- in a/the niche
- into a/the niche
- niche for
- …
- a niche in the market
Word Originearly 17th cent.: from French, literally ‘recess’, from nicher ‘make a nest’, based on Latin nidus ‘nest’.
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