liking

/ˈlaɪkɪŋ/ noun

Definition

› [no plural] a feeling that you like someone or something: He has a liking for young women.

take a liking to sb › to like someone immediately: He obviously took a liking to her.

be too bright/sweet, etc for your liking › to be brighter/sweeter, etc than you like

be to sb's liking formal › to be the way that someone prefers something: Is the wine to your liking, sir?

(Definition of liking noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

whatever happens

Read our blog about how the English language behaves.

Find words and meanings that have just started to be used in English, and let us know what you think of them.