Went meaning

wĕnt
(nonstandard) Past participle of go.
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1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, IV.5.

But here my wearie teeme, nigh over spent, / Shall breathe it selfe awhile after so long a went.

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(archaic) Simple past tense and past participle of wend.
verb
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Went is defined as to have gone somewhere in the past.

An example of went used as a verb is in the sentence, "I went to the store yesterday," which means that I traveled to the store yesterday.

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Simple past tense of go.
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Origin of went

  • Middle English from Old English wende past tense and past participle of wendan to go
    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
  • Originally the past tense of wend.
    From Wiktionary

Went Sentence Examples

  • His moods came and went like summer storms.

  • The chickens went to roost.

  • When Ozma went away she closed the door and left her pet on the table.

  • I went along with it.

  • The smith went on with his work.

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