"went" meaning in English

See went in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /wɛnt/ [UK], /wɛnt/ [US], [wɛnʔ(t̚)] [US], /went/ [General-Australian, New-Zealand] Audio: en-us-went.ogg [US] Forms: wents [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛnt Etymology: Originally the simple past and past participle of wend, but now the past of go due to suppletion. Etymology templates: {{m|en|wend}} wend, {{m|en|go}} go Head templates: {{en-noun}} went (plural wents)
  1. (obsolete) A course; a way, a path; a journey. Tags: obsolete Synonyms: gaed [past], eode [past], yead [past], yede [past], yode [past], gone [participle, past] Synonyms (wend): wended
    Sense id: en-went-en-noun-yE63Oket

Verb

IPA: /wɛnt/ [UK], /wɛnt/ [US], [wɛnʔ(t̚)] [US], /went/ [General-Australian, New-Zealand] Audio: en-us-went.ogg [US]
Rhymes: -ɛnt Etymology: Originally the simple past and past participle of wend, but now the past of go due to suppletion. Etymology templates: {{m|en|wend}} wend, {{m|en|go}} go Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} went
  1. simple past of go Tags: form-of, past Form of: go
    Sense id: en-went-en-verb-7pPUum9G
  2. (nonstandard) past participle of go Tags: form-of, nonstandard, participle, past Form of: go
    Sense id: en-went-en-verb-LGU4BDfG
  3. (archaic) simple past and past participle of wend Tags: archaic, form-of, participle, past Form of: wend
    Sense id: en-went-en-verb-9Kswj-0X
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: wentest, wenteth [archaic]

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for went meaning in English (4.3kB)

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