went
pronunciation
How to pronounce went in British English:
UK [went]
How to pronounce went in American English:
US [wɛnt]
Word Origin
- went (v.)
- past tense of go; originally the strong past tense and past participle of wend (v.). The original past tense forms of wend were wende, wended, but variants wente, went developed from c. 1200 and these then began to replace older past tenses of go. By c. 1500 they were fully employed in that function, and wend was given a new past tense form, wended.
Example
- 1. With it went the last vestiges of my courage .
- 2. The qualifying campaign went quite well .
- 3. We may discover that something we did went well , but not why .
- 4. John went and returned soon .
- 5. In despair he went private .