niche1 nounniche2 adjective
nicheniche1 /niːʃ, nɪtʃ $ nɪtʃ, niːʃ/ ●○○ noun 
WORD ORIGINniche
Origin:
1600-1700 French, Old French nicher ‘to nest’, from Latin nidus ‘nest’EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- Van Meer's magazines are aimed at two growing niche markets: Internet users and senior citizens.
- A niche, for the purposes of practice management software, is any combination of a client and a location.
- But the manufacturers of meat substitutes say vegetarians are a small niche in their target market.
- What better niches could there be for Woodhead, who has cast the last figleaf of impartiality to the wind?
WORD SETS
admin, nounadministration, nounadministrative, adjectiveadministrator, nounagency, nounagent, nounbalance sheet, nounbazaar, nounbid, nounbid, verbbig business, nounbook value, nounboss, nounbottom line, nounbranch, nouncapacity, nouncapital, nouncapital assets, nouncapital gains, nouncapital goods, nouncapital-intensive, adjectivecapitalist, nouncard, nouncentralize, verbcompetitiveness, nounconsultancy, nouncontract, nouncontract, verbcost-effective, adjectivecoupon, nouncritical path, noundecentralize, verbdeveloper, noundistiller, noundistributor, noundiversify, verbdownsize, verbeconomics, nounenterprise, nounentrepreneur, nounestablishment, nounfashion, nounfly-by-night, adjectivefold, verbfoodstuff, nounform letter, nounfranchise, verbfranchisee, noungazump, verbgearing, noungeneric, adjectiveget, verbhard sell, nounhaute couture, nounhigh season, nounhigh technology, nounhike, nounhike, verbloss, nounlow-tech, adjectivemaximize, verbMD, nounmerchandise, verbmerchandising, nounmerger, nounmiddleman, nounmiller, nounmission statement, nounmom-and-pop, adjectivemoneygrabbing, adjectivemoneymaker, noun-monger, suffixmonopolistic, adjectivemonopoly, nounnet, adjectivenet, verbniche, nounoff-the-peg, adjectiveopening time, nounoperation, nounoperational, adjectiveoperator, nounoption, nounoutlay, nounoutlet, nounoutput, nounoutwork, nounoverhead, nounoverstock, verbpackage, nounpartner, nounpartnership, nounpatent, nounpayola, nounpercentage, nounpiracy, nounpremium, nounprivate practice, nounprivatization, nounprivatize, verbprofitability, nounproprietor, nounproprietress, nounpurchase price, nounpurchasing power, nounquiet, adjectiveR & D, nounrate of return, nounrecall, verbreject, nounrep, nounresearch and development, nounrestrictive practices, nounrevenue, nounsell, verbservice industry, nounsleeping partner, nounspeculate, verbspeculation, nounspeculative, adjectivestreet value, nounsubtotal, nounswap meet, nounsweatshop, nounsyndicate, nounsystems analyst, nountake, nountender, nountie-up, nounTM, transact, verbtransaction, nounturnover, nounundersell, verbuneconomic, adjectiveunit, noununprofitable, adjectivevideo conferencing, nounwatchdog, nounwheeler-dealer, nounwheeling and dealing, noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRYverbs
He carved a niche for himself as a writer. I spent most of the summer filling the gaps in my education. The company has moved quickly to fill the niche in the overnight travel market.COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
1[countable] if you find your niche, you find a job or activity that is very suitable for you: · She feels that she has her own niche in the company.
· He had a hard time finding his niche academically.
(=do something in a particular way that is different to and better than anyone else)· She had carved out a niche for herself as a children's television presenter.
adjectives· As a player, he's carved out his own special niche on the team.
informal:· I feel as if I've found my little niche in life.
· Everyone has their own niche within the sales team.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES He carved a niche for himself as a writer. I spent most of the summer filling the gaps in my education. The company has moved quickly to fill the niche in the overnight travel market.· Or maybe Letterman, circa 1997, occupies a different niche in the cultural zeitgeist.· But turbulence is also a mode of communication, how different species and niches inform each other.
· This in turn has led to rapid evolution to fill the vacant or new ecological niches.· Some thing or things have to happen for a microbe to escape its previously harmless ecological niche and reach critical mass.· You also need an ecological and behavioral niche.· By contrast, the appeal of the industrial co-operative remains unchallengeable, its ecological niche exclusive to it.· It is an organism that has taken advantage of a man-made ecological niche, created in buildings' water systems.· Fewer plants equate to fewer ecological niches and fewer species of animals to fill them.· Old ecological niches were destroyed in the process and new ones opened up.
· This in turn has led to rapid evolution to fill the vacant or new ecological niches.
· We were trying to find out where his particular niches lay and the constant worry at that time was lack of money.· In the last decade, audio books have found a particular niche among commuters.· PageMaker still commands mastery of its own particular niche even though its sales lead seesaws with that of Ventura.· These people in turn acquire their attitudes and identity from their own particular niche in the environment.· Some will make it to the market, others just fade away into their particular niche.
· Meanwhile Hobor predicts that the speciality chemical businesses will continue to grow through small niche acquisitions as well as internal growth through new products.· But the manufacturers of meat substitutes say vegetarians are a small niche in their target market.
NOUN· There are indications that home computer buyers' newfound price sensitivity may spread to other market niches.· The second was to create a market niche.· The brothers saw their market niche as the one-off poster.· It made a nice market niche for a few small companies.· They depend on larger companies for a market niche, and often provide low-paid and insecure jobs.· That, of course, varies widely by industry and market niche.· Some 60 companies there claim competence and expertise in the technology, each trying to identify its own market niche.· The business was highly profitable because of a narrow market niche in which there was little competition.
· To his credit, he has adapted to being a niche player.
· Smaller outfits with regional services or niche products will naturally have no option but to go for a cheaper solution.· Liu acknowledges that AsiaSurf is still a niche product.· Cypress now plans to concentrate on static RAMs, programmable logic devices and its high-performance niche product lines.
VERB· On the back of the bicentennial opportunity she had struck fast and hard and carved a unique niche for herself on television.· Distillers scrambled to develop processing techniques that would allow them to carve out their own niches.· In carving out a distinctive niche for themselves, a number of options have been open to them.· In the Bay Area alone, three companies are trying to carve out a niche in the casual clothing market.
· Bartley has created its own niche in the industry.· Internet-based travel services are also creating a niche for themselves by offering last-minute travel bargains.· The second was to create a market niche.
· Surrounded by the tall, heavy-stemmed vegetation that filled the niche of trees, they felt safe and unobserved.· It clearly concentrates the information in a commendable format and fills a niche in the market.
· Her superb analytical skills will find a less adversarial niche.· I feel sure the Foreign Office will be able to find some niche for you.· Must have fought like hell to find its niche within the forest, to distinguish itself within the pack.· Taylor has given the former Nottingham Forest midfielder 10 caps in his three years without ever finding a niche for the 26-year-old.· But clubs that are poised to succeed will find a niche, experts say.· The episode spells out very clearly the difficulties in finding an appropriate niche for the duke.· This freedom enables Eliot to find the proper niche for art, science, poetry and metaphysics as meaningful, liberating endeavors.
· Some 60 companies there claim competence and expertise in the technology, each trying to identify its own market niche.· Alexander identified his niche and packaged himself to perfection.
· The majority were arboreal frugivores occupying much the same niche as equivalent-sized monkeys today.· I therefore assumed that he occupied some lower social niche than mine.· Ecological theory holds that no two species can occupy exactly the same niche.· Or maybe Letterman, circa 1997, occupies a different niche in the cultural zeitgeist.· They have evolved over millions of years to occupy their own niche, under the forest's protection.
Amanda soon found her niche at the club. He’s managed to create a niche for himself in local politics.2[singular] an opportunity to sell a product or service to a particular group of people who have similar needs, interests etcniche in He spotted a niche in the market.3[countable] a hollow place in a wall, often made to hold a statueCOLLOCATIONSverbshave a niche· She feels that she has her own niche in the company.find a niche· He had a hard time finding his niche academically.create/carve out a niche (=do something in a particular way that is different to and better than anyone else)· She had carved out a niche for herself as a children's television presenter.adjectivesa particular/special niche· As a player, he's carved out his own special niche on the team.a little niche informal:· I feel as if I've found my little niche in life.your own niche· Everyone has their own niche within the sales team.niche1 nounniche2 adjective
nicheniche2 adjective [only before noun] COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES He carved a niche for himself as a writer. I spent most of the summer filling the gaps in my education. The company has moved quickly to fill the niche in the overnight travel market.
relating to selling goods to a particular small group of people who have similar needs, interests etc: He carved a niche for himself as a writer. I spent most of the summer filling the gaps in my education. The company has moved quickly to fill the niche in the overnight travel market. niche marketing a niche market a niche product