went
See also: Went
English edit
Etymology edit
Originally the simple past and past participle of wend, but now the past of go due to suppletion.
Pronunciation edit
- (UK) IPA(key): /wɛnt/
- (US) IPA(key): /wɛnt/, [wɛnʔ(t̚)]
- (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA(key): /went/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɛnt
Verb edit
went
- simple past of go
- (nonstandard) past participle of go
- 1671, Elisha Coles, chapter 7, in ΧΡΙΣΤΟΛΟΓΙΑ: Or, a Metrical Paraphraſe on the Hiſtory of Our Lord and Saviour Jeſus Chriſt : Dedicated to His Univerſal Church[1], page 22:
- When they arrived whither they were bent, / He made as if he farther would have went. / But they conſtrain'd him, ſaying, Night is near; / Abide with us; and ſo he tarry'd there.
- 1851, Abel F. Fitch, Report of the Great Conspiracy Case […] [2], Advertiser and Free Press, page 145:
- I went from Filley's to Fitch's house, to talk of oxen; no one went with me; might have went to the mill; don,t remember whether I rode back to Laycock's or not to dinner.
- 2010 June 14, Douglas Nix, Al-Qaeda Hunter[3], Xlibris, →ISBN, page 22:
- I just sat around and watched, then decided to go see Safid; we planned to study that day, but first we had a good ride around town. We must have went fifteen miles, and Safid was ready to sit and study; we went to a little park and started working.
- (archaic) simple past and past participle of wend
Derived terms edit
Noun edit
went (plural wents)
- (obsolete) A course; a way, a path; a journey.
- 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book IV, Canto V”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
- But here my wearie teeme, nigh over spent, / Shall breathe it selfe awhile after so long a went.
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Breton edit
Noun edit
went
- Soft mutation of gwent.
Dutch edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
went
- inflection of wennen:
Scots edit
Verb edit
went
- simple past tense of gan