liking

liking /'laikiɳ/
  • danh từ
    • sự ưa thích, sự mến
      • to have a liking for: yêu mến, thích
      • to take a liking to (for): bắt đầu mến, bắt đầu thích
      • this is not my liking: cái này không hợp với ý thích của tôi

Word families (Nouns, Verbs, Adjectives, Adverbs): dislike, liking, like, dislike, likeable

Xem thêm: the like, the likes of, ilk, wish, care, similar, equal, equivalent, same, alike(p), similar, comparable, corresponding



liking

Từ điển Collocation

liking noun

ADJ. great | particular, special

VERB + LIKING have They have little liking for each other. | demonstrate, develop | share

PREP. for your ~ The weather's too hot for my liking. | to your ~ The food wasn't really to my liking. | ~ for We share a liking for Italian cooking.

Từ điển WordNet

    n.

  • a feeling of pleasure and enjoyment

    I've always had a liking for reading

    she developed a liking for gin

    n.

  • a similar kind; the like, the likes of

    dogs, foxes, and the like", "we don't want the likes of you around here

  • a kind of person; ilk

    We'll not see his like again

    I can't tolerate people of his ilk

    v.

  • prefer or wish to do something; wish, care

    Do you care to try this dish?

    Would you like to come along to the movies?

  • find enjoyable or agreeable

    I like jogging

    She likes to read Russian novels

  • be fond of

    I like my nephews

  • feel about or towards; consider, evaluate, or regard

    How did you like the President's speech last night?

  • want to have

    I'd like a beer now!

    adj.

  • resembling or similar; having the same or some of the same characteristics; often used in combination; similar

    suits of like design

    a limited circle of like minds

    members of the cat family have like dispositions

    as like as two peas in a pod

    doglike devotion

    a dreamlike quality

  • equal in amount or value; equal, equivalent, same

    like amounts

    equivalent amounts

    the same amount

    gave one six blows and the other a like number

    an equal number

    the same number

  • having the same or similar characteristics; alike(p), similar

    all politicians are alike

    they looked utterly alike

    friends are generally alike in background and taste

  • conforming in every respect; comparable, corresponding

    boxes with corresponding dimensions

    the like period of the preceding year

English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary

likes|liked|liking
syn.: appreciate be fond of care for enjoy fancy go for prefer
ant.: dislike hate unlike