Word Finder - liking

definition

To enjoy, be pleased by; favor; be in favor of.

example

I like hamburgers.

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To please.

definition

To derive pleasure of, by or with someone or something.

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To prefer and maintain (an action) as a regular habit or activity.

example

I like to go to the dentist every six months.

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To have an appearance or expression; to look; to seem to be (in a specified condition).

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To come near; to avoid with difficulty; to escape narrowly.

example

He liked to have been too late.

definition

To find attractive; to prefer the company of; to have mild romantic feelings for.

example

I really like Sandra but don't know how to tell her.

synonyms

• enjoy
• fancy
• love

definition

To liken; to compare.

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To show support for, or approval of, something posted on the Internet by marking it with a vote.

example

I can't stand Bloggs' tomato ketchup, but I liked it on Facebook so I could enter a competition.

definition

(with 'would' and in certain other phrases) To want, desire. See also would like.

example

We could go to the museum if you like.

definition

To be likely.

She found herself liking this Darian too much.

Not liking that part.

He hadn't developed a liking for her.

She showed in various ways a strong liking for England and the English.

It preys upon almost any animal it can overcome, such as antelopes, deer, sheep, goats, monkeys, peafowl, and has a special liking for dogs.

A political system which allowed the princes to do as they pleased was very much to their liking, and if they had followed their own impulse it is possible that they would never have placed a king over their country.

I think tonight's outcome will be much more to your liking.

Brought up a Lutheran, and fond of pleasure, she had shown no liking for Scottish Calvinism, and soon incurred rebukes on account of her religion, "vanity," absence from church, "night waking and balling."

But the work there was not to his liking, and after a short time he gave it up for an instructorship in natural science at the university of Wooster, Ohio, which in turn he resigned in order to return to Troy as assistant professor of physics.

It's true this engagement never was much to my liking.

Smoky (my name for her) has taken a liking to me and I to her.

Then, there is the whole problem with one of my best guy friends liking me.

But, ever since last year, I started REALLY liking this guy in my class, Nick.

Also can you please tell me what are the signs of a girl liking me.

Kong has taken a liking to Ann Darrow, the actress hired by Carl to be his leading lady, and will capture and save her a couple times throughout the game.

I was liking this guy, but still cautious.

It was right after Cynthia had commented on liking his perfume—what was it?

They had played out this scene many times–way too many for his liking.

One she kind of found herself liking for more reasons than he was the sexiest man she'd ever seen and his touch made her want to throw herself into his bed.

Unlike most Jews, they have no liking for trade, but are skilled in agriculture, in the manufacture of pottery, ironware and cloth, and are good masons.

At Oxford, as at Eton, he read literature from natural liking, and he paid some attention to mathematics.

For Godoy the king had an unaffected liking, and the lifelong favour he showed him is almost pathetic. When terrified by the French Revolution he turned to the Inquisition to help him against the party which would have carried the reforming policy of Charles III.

These people showed, to their own ruin, a reckless liking for the brandy of the white man.

He took part, with much charity and mildness, in the Oxford disputes against Cranmer, Latimer and Ridley; but he had no liking for the fierce bigotry and bloody measures then in force against Protestants.

But Elizabeth took a strong liking to the daughter, and the marriage was finally decided on.

Bianca stifled a laugh, genuinely liking the subtle yet feisty Oracle.

He should've known he'd end up liking someone past-Death hated.

They had played out this scene many times–way too many for his liking.

However, these effects on liking did not vary with differences in negative emotionality (neuroticism ).

Only a svetlo was available and it was served both too cold and too fizzy for our liking.

Please bear in mind that we will only agree to remix songs that we have a genuine liking for to begin with.

Further down the line the going got muddy, not to everyone's liking.

It all smells just a little bit too musty for my liking.

At what point does a liking of a band turn into an unhealthy obsession?

You can then compare these venues to see which is more to your liking.

If what you read here is to your liking, visit your closest department store for your own sample.

But the thing is that I don't know what to do because I thought I was over him, because I started liking another guy.

Without reading too much into fashion, still many teens choose revealing prom dresses for the sole reason of liking the way they look.

If the blue is not to your liking, the ring is also available with a striking black onyx background.

Sources close to the couple say Kevin's daughter Kori and son Kaleb have taken a liking to their new stepmother.

Scratching ones face is not a clue of liking him, nor is it a signal of not being interested in him.

I know that if he has a girlfriend that I should probably back off, but I feel like if I stop liking him then nothing at all will happen.

Giving her some room to breathe will improve your chances of her liking you much more than being around her all the time.

If not, then you tell him, "Thanks for liking me enough to want sex, but this is not the kind of relationship I want."

Why spend the time and money on a date with someone who openly admits to not liking children and chain smoking when you are the divorced, non-smoking mom of three?

When a guy likes a girl, he will try to show as much interest in that girl as possible and this includes liking the things that she does.

At some point, all boys and young men find themselves in the situation of liking a girl who does not seem to like them.

Some people might hook up with a coworker and then later break up, engage in emotional cheating with a married coworker, or have to deal with awkwardness and emotional baggage of liking someone at work.

When you know exactly what you want, it's worth the money to have it made exactly to your size and liking.

Remember too that flirting is part of the casual banter between men and women in France, and flirting back is not necessarily an automatic admission of liking someone.