liking[noun]Synonyms: fondness, affection, inclination, love, partiality, penchant, preference, soft spot, taste, weakness
Antonyms: disliking
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lik‧ing /ˈlaɪkɪŋ/
noun [
Word Family: noun:
like ≠
dislike,
liking;
verb:
like ≠
dislike;
adjective:
likeable]
1. liking for somebody/something formal when you like someone or something:
Jim and Keith had a liking and respect for each other. She’s developed a liking for theatre.2. take a liking to somebody/something to begin to like someone or something:
He immediately took a liking to Steve.3. be to somebody's liking formal if something is to someone's liking, they like it or think it is satisfactory:
I hope everything was to your liking, sir.4. for somebody's liking if something is too crowded, serious, long etc for someone's liking, they think it is too crowded, serious, long etc
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