1. A feeling of pleasure and enjoyment
   "I've always had a liking for reading"; "she developed a liking for gin"

1. Find enjoyable or agreeable
   "I like jogging"; "She likes to read Russian novels"
    
2. Be fond of
   "I like my nephews"
    
3. To hope, to desire or to prefer to have something, or to do something
   "Would you like to come along to the movies?";
   - wish, care
    
4. Feel about or towards; consider, evaluate, or regard
   "How did you like the President's speech last night?"
    
5. Want to have
   "I'd like a beer now!"

Derived forms: likings

Type of: consider, desire, experience, feel, feeling, know, reckon, regard, see, view, want

Antonym: dislike

Encyclopedia: Liking