/ went / add to word list past simple of go (definition of went from the cambridge advanced learner's dictionary & thesaurus © cambridge university press) Definition of went verb in oxford advanced learner's dictionary. A simple past tense and past participle of wend.
See examples of went used in a sentence. Dec 15, 2025originally 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 (smotátʹsja),.
[~ + verb-ing] they went shopping. Nov 20, 2025learn the past tense of go ("went") with clear definitions, examples, and tips. Jun 17, 2025go is an irregular verb, which is why many people get confused with went and gone.
By the beginning of the modern english period, around 1500, went was no longer used in any other way and was therefore felt to be the normal past tense of go; At the same time, wend acquired the new.
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