went

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Pronunciation
/wɛnt/ (UK)
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/wɛnt/ (UK) · /wɛnt/ (US) · [wɛnʔ(t̚)] (US) · /wɪnt/ · /went/

Definition of went

6 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. (form-of, past)simple past of go
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verb

  1. (form-of, past)simple past of go
  2. (form-of, nonstandard, participle, past)past participle of go
    “When they arrived whither they were bent, / He made as if he farther would have went. / But they conſtrain'd him, ſaying, Night is near; / Abide with us; and ſo he tarry'd there.”
    “I went from Filley's to Fitch's house, to talk of oxen; no one went with me; might have went to the mill; don,t remember whether I rode back to Laycock's or not to dinner.”
    “I just sat around and watched, then decided to go see Safid; we planned to study that day, but first we had a good ride around town. We must have went fifteen miles, and Safid was ready to sit and study; we went to a little park and started working.”
  3. (archaic, form-of, participle, past)simple past and past participle of wend

noun

  1. (obsolete)A course; a way, a path; a journey.
    “But here my wearie teeme, nigh over spent, / Shall breathe it selfe awhile after so long a went.”

name

  1. (countable, uncountable)A surname from Middle English.
  2. (countable, uncountable)The River Went, a river in West Yorkshire, North Yorkshire, South Yorkshire and East Riding of Yorkshire, England, a tributary of the River Don. It forms the boundary between South Yorkshire and both North Yorkshire and the East Riding in its lower reaches.

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Etymology

Originally the simple past and past participle of wend, but now the past of go due to suppletion. While wend is akin to wind, compare typologically Russian смота́ться (smotátʹsja), сма́тываться (smátyvatʹsja), умота́ть (umotátʹ), ума́тывать (umátyvatʹ) (akin to мота́ть (motátʹ)).

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