went

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English

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Verb

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went

  1. simple past of go
  2. (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[1], 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 [] [2], 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[3], 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.
  3. (archaic) simple past and past participle of wend

Derived terms

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Noun

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went (plural wents)

  1. (obsolete) A course; a way, a path; a journey.

Synonyms

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Anagrams

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Breton

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Noun

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went

  1. Soft mutation of gwent.

Dutch

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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went

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

Scots

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Verb

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went

  1. simple past tense of gan