noun
Meaning 1
A like; a predilection.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
liking
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈlaɪkɪŋ/
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rhymes with -aɪkɪŋ
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CMU ARPABET: L AY1 K IH0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
Approval.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, countable, uncountable
Examples
- goods bought on liking
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
present participle and gerund of like
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
a feeling of pleasure and enjoyment
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- I've always had a liking for reading
- she developed a liking for gin
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: dislike
Broader terms: feeling
Narrower terms: fondness, fancy, partiality, captivation, enchantment, enthrallment, fascination, preference, penchant, predilection, taste, mysophilia, inclination, friendliness, approval, admiration, esteem
History
Etymology
From Middle English likinge, from Old English līcung (“pleasing; pleasure; gratification; liking”), equivalent to like + -ing.
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.
Across languages
Translations
35 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: привлекателност (privlekatelnost) — like, predilection
- Bulgarian: симпатия (simpatija) — like, predilection
- Bulgarian: склонност (sklonnost) — like, predilection
- Chinese Mandarin: 愛好 /爱好 (àihào) — like, predilection
- Chinese Mandarin: 趣味 (qùwèi) — like, predilection
- Chinese Mandarin: 喜愛 /喜爱 (xǐ'ài) — like, predilection
- Dutch: genot — like, predilection
- Finnish: mieltymys — like, predilection
- French: goût — like, predilection
- French: sympathie — like, predilection
- Galician: gusto — like, predilection
- German: Geschmack — like, predilection
- German: Interesse — like, predilection
- German: Neigung — like, predilection
- German: Sympathie — like, predilection
- German: Vorliebe — like, predilection
- German: Zuneigung — like, predilection
- Hungarian: ízlés — like, predilection
- Hungarian: kedv — like, predilection
- Hungarian: tetszés — like, predilection
- Japanese: 好み (konomi) — like, predilection
- Portuguese: gosto — like, predilection
- Romanian: plac — like, predilection
- Russian: любо́вь (ljubóvʹ) — like, predilection
- Russian: предрасполо́женность (predraspolóžennostʹ) — like, predilection
- Russian: пристра́стие (pristrástije) — like, predilection
- Russian: симпа́тия (simpátija) — like, predilection
- Russian: скло́нность (sklónnostʹ) — like, predilection
- Russian: вкус (vkus) — like, predilection
- Spanish: agrado — like, predilection
- Spanish: agradamiento — like, predilection
- Spanish: gusto — like, predilection
- Swedish: tycke — like, predilection
- Tagalog: sarap — like, predilection
- Ottoman Turkish: هوا (heva) — like, predilection