liking

See also: líking

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlaɪkɪŋ/

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• Rhymes: -aɪkɪŋ

Etymology 1

From Middle English likinge, likinde, likende, likande, licande, from Old English līciende, līciġende, from Proto-Germanic *līkāndz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *līkāną, equivalent to like +‎ -ing.

Verb

liking

1. present participle and gerund of like

Etymology 2

From Middle English likinge, from Old English līcung (“pleasing; pleasure; gratification; liking”), equivalent to like +‎ -ing.

Noun

liking (countable and uncountable, plural likings)

1. A like; a predilection.
   • 1859, John Stuart Mill, “Introductory”, in On Liberty, London: John W[illiam] Parker and Son, […], →OCLC, page 17:

     The likings and dislikings of society, or of some powerful portion of it, are thus the main thing which has practically determined the rules laid down for general observance, under the penalties of law or opinion.

   • 2012 September 15, Amy Lawrence, “Arsenal's Gervinho enjoys the joy of six against lowly Southampton”, in the Guardian‎^[1]:

     The Ivorian is a player with such a liking for improvisation it does not usually look like he has any more idea than anyone else what he is going to do next, so it was an interesting choice.

2. (archaic) Approval.

   goods bought on liking

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:predilection

Derived terms

• for one's liking
• good liking
• to someone's liking
• take a liking to

Translations

like

• Bulgarian: склонност (bg) f (sklonnost), симпатия (bg) f (simpatija)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 愛好／爱好 (zh) (àihào), 趣味 (zh) (qùwèi), 喜愛／喜爱 (zh) (xǐ'ài)

• Finnish: mieltymys (fi)
• French: sympathie (fr) f, goût (fr) m
• Galician: gusto (gl)
• German: Zuneigung (de) f, Sympathie (de) f, Geschmack (de) m, Vorliebe (de) f
• Hungarian: ízlés (hu), tetszés (hu), kedv (hu)
• Japanese: 好み (ja) (このみ, konomi)
• Ottoman Turkish: هوا (heva)
• Portuguese: gosto (pt) m
• Romanian: plac (ro) n
• Russian: скло́нность (ru) f (sklónnostʹ), пристра́стие (ru) n (pristrástije), любо́вь (ru) f (ljubóvʹ), вкус (ru) m (vkus) (к чему́-либо), симпа́тия (ru) f (simpátija), предрасполо́женность (ru) f (predraspolóžennostʹ)
• Spanish: gusto (es) m

Sambali

Noun

likíng

1. side