Went - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |went|  American pronunciation of the word went
Brit.  |ˈwent|  British pronunciation of the word went
- this word is a past tense form of the irregular verbto go

verb

- Simple past tense of go.
- (nonstandard) Past participle of go
- (archaic) Simple past tense and past participle of wend.

noun

- 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.

Extra examples

The baby went behind his mother to play a hiding game.

My brother quickly passing him, went ahead, and won the match easily.

You've missed the bus, it just went by.

The car went into a tree and was severely damaged.

There was no answer to my knock, so I went away.

When I was young, we went to church every Sunday.

The game went so strangely that I couldn't possibly tell.

The election went against him.

The platform went.

About half past three the foremast went in three places.

Whatever money he got it all went on paying his debt.

Your money went towards a new computer for the school.

The cake went fast.

Clatter, clatter, went the horses' hoofs.

Crack went the mast.

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