the feeling that you like someone or something; the enjoyment of something He had a liking for fast cars. She had taken a liking to him on their first meeting. if you say, for example, that something 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.
When can we use liking?
Using "liking" to mean "enjoying" is okay for informal usage, but it is not considered standard, and some people would never use it nor accept it as "correct" language. Sometimes people use "like" as a progressive verb to emphasize their approval of something, a situation, or a circumstance.
How do you use the word liking?
a feeling of pleasure and enjoyment.
- Every man has his liking.
- He had a liking for fast cars.
- I've always had a liking for the sea.
- She had a liking for good clothes.
- They have little liking for each other.
- The town was too crowded for my liking.
- Life lies not in living but in liking.
- She has a liking for fine wines.
