{
    "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’."
}