went

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English

Etymology

Originally the simple past and past participle of wend, but now the past of go due to suppletion.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /wɛnt/
(US) IPA^(key): /wɛnt/,
(General Australian, New Zealand) IPA^(key): /went/
Audio (US) (file)
Rhymes: -ɛnt

Verb

went

simple past of go
(nonstandard) past participle of go
- 1671, Elisha Coles, chapter 7, in ΧΡΙΣΤΟΛΟΓΙΑ: Or, a Metrical Paraphraſe on the Hiſtory of Our Lord and Saviour Jeſus Chriſt : Dedicated to His Univerſal Church‎, page 22:
  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.
- 1851, Abel F. Fitch, Report of the Great Conspiracy Case ‎, Advertiser and Free Press, page 145:
  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.
- 2010 June 14, Douglas Nix, Al-Qaeda Hunter‎, Xlibris, →ISBN, page 22:
  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.
(archaic) simple past and past participle of wend

Derived terms

wentest, wenteth (both archaic)

Noun

went (plural wents)

(obsolete) A course; a way, a path; a journey.
- 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book IV, Canto V”, in The Faerie Queene. , London: [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
  But here my wearie teeme, nigh over spent, / Shall breathe it selfe awhile after so long a went.

Synonyms

(simple past): gaed, eode, yead, yede, yode
(past participle): gone
(wend): wended

Anagrams

newt, twen

Breton

Noun

went

Soft mutation of gwent.

Dutch

Pronunciation

Audio (file)
Rhymes: -ɛnt

Verb

went

inflection of wennen:
1. second/third-person singular present indicative
2. (archaic) plural imperative

Scots

Verb

went

simple past tense of gan

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