[sing.] ~ (for sb/sth) the feeling that you like sb or sth; the enjoyment of sth:
He had a liking for fast cars. * She had taken a liking to him on their first meeting.
IDIOMS
for your liking if you say, for example, that sth is too hot for your liking, you mean that you would prefer it to be less hot:
The town was too crowded for my liking.
to sb's liking (formal) suitable, and how sb likes sth:
The coffee was just to his liking. * The agreement we have is to my liking.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for liking is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is liking a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, liking is tagged as noun.
Does liking appear elsewhere on Lughet?
Yes — liking appears under other sources or language pairs in Lughet's collection. See the list below.
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