- present participle of like.
liking
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Wanting is the motivational pull towards something; liking is the pleasure of having it.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
With nearly every surface painted to her liking, Jordan pictures herself staying in the apartment for a while.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
And bringing inflation back down to the Fed’s 2% annual target has been another top focus of his, albeit with too few details for Wall Street’s liking.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 27, 2026
“Why would Simon & Schuster drop it? Because apparently it already had a huge amount of success. So people were liking it,” said Chakrabarty.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
It was obvious why I grew to love Samira once we went to high school together, but she also had reason to take a liking to me.
From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi
They are, wrote Dickens, “the curious old records of likings and dislikings; of jealousies and revenges; of affection defying the power of death, and hatred pursued beyond the grave.”
From The Guardian ● Jun. 12, 2015
In Continent's End readers can get a clear picture of Jackson's literary likings when he is unconcerned with reviews or discoveries.
From Time Magazine Archive
In matters of art, Blake's hates were as passionate and as swollen with moral assurance as his likings.
From Time Magazine Archive
For shops that do it right, there are plenty of lines that a longboard customer should be able to pick through to find his or her likings.
From Time Magazine Archive
Emma felt this sentence would give people “an opening to say, however unjustly, that he considered all spiritual beliefs no higher than hereditary aversions or likings, such as the fear of monkeys towards snakes.”
From "Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith" by Deborah Heiligman
