# went

Pronunciation: say "WENT" US/UK /wɛnt/, AUS /went/

## Verb

1. Past tense of go. — simple past of go
   - Simple: Past tense of go. Use it for the past.
   - _The detectives went straight to the warehouse after the tip._
   - _Prices went up sharply during the drought._
2. Past participle of go. Nonstandard: standard English uses gone. *(nonstandard)* — past participle of go
   - Simple: Past participle of go. Some speakers use it after have or had, though standard English uses gone.
   - _He had went and told everyone before I could explain._
   - _By noon she had already went to three separate meetings._

## Verb

3. Simple past and past participle of wend. Archaic: wend now uses wended, and went is the past of go. *(archaic)* — simple past and past participle of wend
   - Simple: Simple past and past participle of wend. An old use: today wend has wended, and went is the past of go.

## Noun

4. A course or way; a path or road; a journey from one place to another. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: A road, path, or trip from one place to another.
   - _The shepherd knew every went across the high pasture._
   - _A narrow went wound between the cottages down to the shore._

## Origin

"Went" was originally the simple past and past participle of "wend," but through suppletion it now serves as the past tense of "go."

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/went (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).