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Meaning of niche in English
Pronunciation
/nɪtʃ/
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Noun
niche
Etymology
early 17th century (in niche (sense 3 of the noun)): from French, literally ‘recess’, from nicher‘make a nest’, based on Latin nidus‘nest’
Definitions
1.
a position particularly well suited to the person who occupies it
Examples
« he found his niche in the academic world »
2.
a small concavity
3.
an enclosure that is set back or indented
4.
(ecology) the status of an organism within its environment and community (affecting its survival as a species)