WENT

GO

become, go, get

(verb) enter or assume a certain state or condition; “He became annoyed when he heard the bad news”; “It must be getting more serious”; “her face went red with anger”; “She went into ecstasy”; “Get going!”

proceed, go

(verb) follow a certain course; “The inauguration went well”; “how did your interview go?”

die, decease, perish, go, exit, pass away, expire, pass, kick the bucket, cash in one's chips, buy the farm, conk, give-up the ghost, drop dead, pop off, choke, croak, snuff it

(verb) pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life; “She died from cancer”; “The children perished in the fire”; “The patient went peacefully”; “The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102”

go

(verb) be abolished or discarded; “These ugly billboards have to go!”; “These luxuries all had to go under the Khmer Rouge”

fail, go bad, give way, die, give out, conk out, go, break, break down

(verb) stop operating or functioning; “The engine finally went”; “The car died on the road”; “The bus we travelled in broke down on the way to town”; “The coffee maker broke”; “The engine failed on the way to town”; “her eyesight went after the accident”

move, go, run

(verb) progress by being changed; “The speech has to go through several more drafts”; “run through your presentation before the meeting”

move, go

(verb) have a turn; make one’s move in a game; “Can I go now?”

go

(verb) be spent; “All my money went for food and rent”

function, work, operate, go, run

(verb) perform as expected when applied; “The washing machine won’t go unless it’s plugged in”; “Does this old car still run well?”; “This old radio doesn’t work anymore”

travel, go, move, locomote

(verb) change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically; “How fast does your new car go?”; “We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus”; “The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect”; “The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell”; “news travelled fast”

go, go away, depart

(verb) move away from a place into another direction; “Go away before I start to cry”; “The train departs at noon”

start, go, get going

(verb) begin or set in motion; “I start at eight in the morning”; “Ready, set, go!”

sound, go

(verb) make a certain noise or sound; “She went ‘Mmmmm’”; “The gun went ‘bang’”

go, proceed, move

(verb) follow a procedure or take a course; “We should go farther in this matter”; “She went through a lot of trouble”; “go about the world in a certain manner”; “Messages must go through diplomatic channels”

go

(verb) pass, fare, or elapse; of a certain state of affairs or action; “How is it going?”; “The day went well until I got your call”

go

(verb) be or continue to be in a certain condition; “The children went hungry that day”

survive, last, live, live on, go, endure, hold up, hold out

(verb) continue to live and avoid dying; “We went without water and food for 3 days”; “These superstitions survive in the backwaters of America”; “The race car driver lived through several very serious accidents”; “how long can a person last without food and water?” “One crash victim died, the other lived”

go

(verb) be awarded; be allotted; “The first prize goes to Mary”; “Her money went on clothes”

fit, go

(verb) be the right size or shape; fit correctly or as desired; “This piece won’t fit into the puzzle”

run, go, pass, lead, extend

(verb) stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point; “Service runs all the way to Cranbury”; “His knowledge doesn’t go very far”; “My memory extends back to my fourth year of life”; “The facts extend beyond a consideration of her personal assets”

go, lead

(verb) lead, extend, or afford access; “This door goes to the basement”; “The road runs South”

blend, go, blend in

(verb) blend or harmonize; “This flavor will blend with those in your dish”; “This sofa won’t go with the chairs”

run, go

(verb) have a particular form; “the story or argument runs as follows”; “as the saying goes...”

belong, go

(verb) be in the right place or situation; “Where do these books belong?”; “Let’s put health care where it belongs--under the control of the government”; “Where do these books go?”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

went

simple past tense of go

(nonstandard) past participle of go

(archaic) simple past tense and past participle of wend

Noun

went (plural wents)

(obsolete) A course; a way, a path; a journey.

Synonyms

• (simple past): gaed, eode, yead, yede, yode

• (past participle): gone

• (wend): wended

Anagrams

• newt

Source: Wiktionary


Went,

Definition: imp. & p. p. of Wend; -- now obsolete except as the imperfect of go, with which it has no etymological connection. See Go. To the church both be they went. Chaucer.

Went, n.

Definition: Course; way; path; journey; direction. [Obs.] "At a turning of a wente." Chaucer. But here my weary team, nigh overspent, Shall breathe itself awhile after so long a went. Spenser. He knew the diverse went of mortal ways. Spenser.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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