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  • past tense form of go.
  • past tense form of wend.
Synonyms

went

1 American  
[went] / wɛnt /

verb

  1. simple past tense of go.

  2. Nonstandard. a past participle of go.


went 2 American  
[went] / wɛnt /

verb

  1. Archaic. a simple past tense and past participle of wend.


went British  
/ wɛnt /

verb

  1. the past tense of go 1

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US startup Brain Technologies launched an agentic "Natural AI Phone" which went on sale in Japan in April in partnership with mobile giant SoftBank Corp.

From Barron's Jul. 19, 2026

Later, he went back to Tahnoon’s palace, where the pair watched the Tour de France bike race together, on a television as big as the wall.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 19, 2026

A parliamentary question by Lord Blunkett revealed that 53 of last month's Birthday honours went to recipients who had previously had an award.

From BBC Jul. 19, 2026

Guehi put in an excellent performance against Manchester City team-mate Erling Haaland in the quarter-final against Norway and performed well until England went out.

From BBC Jul. 18, 2026

And so, off to Progress the turtle went.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman

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