WENT definition: 1. past simple of go 2. past simple of go 3. past simple of go. Learn more.
Definition of went verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
go1 (gō), v., went, gone, go ing, n., pl. goes, interj., adj. v.i. to move or proceed, esp. to or from something: They're going by bus. to leave a place; depart: People were coming and going all the time. to keep or be in motion; function or perform as required: Can't you go any faster in your work? to become as specified: to go mad. to continue in a certain state or condition; be ...
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Define went. went synonyms, went pronunciation, went translation, English dictionary definition of went. v. Past tense of go1. Word History: Why do we say went and not goed ? Go has always had an unusual past tense, formed from a completely different root from...
WENT definition: simple past tense of go. See examples of went used in a sentence.
Its modern replacement, went, derives from old forms of the modern verb wend. In Middle English the original past tense and past participle of wenden, "to go, turn," were wended and wend, respectively. The forms wente and went appeared around 1200 and gradually displaced the older wended and wend.