went

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. simple past of go
  2. past participle of go
  3. simple past and past participle of wend
noun
  1. A course; a way, a path; a journey.
name
  1. A surname from Middle English.
  2. 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.

Pronunciation

/wɛnt/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Pvanp7-went.wav [wɛnʔ(t̚)] en-us-went.ogg /wɪnt/ /went/

Word forms

went wents

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)).

Synonyms

gaed eode yead yede yode gone wended

Derived words

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