/ went / Add to word list past simple of go (Definition of went from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

The meaning of WENT is past tense of go.

Definition of went verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

to move or proceed, esp. to or from something, or to do some activity or for some purpose: [no object] to go home. [~ + object] Are you going my way? [~ + verb-ing] They went shopping. [~ + to + verb] We …

Go has always had an unusual past tense, formed from a completely different root from its present tense. The replacement within a series of inflected forms of one form by a completely unrelated form …

Dec 15, 2025 · 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), …

Correct spelling, explanation: went is an irregular past tense of the verb to go. The word may seem unrelated, but this is the case for many irregular verbs, so it’s best to learn them by heart.

WENT definition: a simple past tense and past participle of wend. See examples of went used in a sentence.

Went is the past tense of go 1. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

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. …