The meaning of WENT is past tense of go.

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

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 …

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 …

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. [~ …

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, …

WENT definition: simple past tense of go. 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

The word 'went' [wɛnt] is the past tense of 'go', meaning to move from one place to another or to leave a place, especially to start a journey. Examples include 'I went to the store to buy some …