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)

Definition of went verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

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 (smotátʹsja), …

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 unrelated form …

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. [~ + to + verb] We …

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, respectively. …