went

UK /wɛnt/ US /wɛnt/

name 2noun 1

Definitions

noun

A course; a way, a path; a journey.

But here my wearie teeme, nigh over spent, / Shall breathe it selfe awhile after so long a went.

name

A surname from Middle English.

The River Went, a river in West Yorkshire, North Yorkshire, South Yorkshire and East Riding of Yorkshire, England, a tributary of the River Don. It forms the boundary between South Yorkshire and both North Yorkshire and the East Riding in i

Collocations

ADJ.

all, athletic, express, far, fast, high, last, last

The express train went all the way to the city center without stopping.

VERB + WENT

bomb, deny, meeting, time, train, trouble

The meeting went trouble when two managers started arguing about the budget.

WENT + NOUN

airport, disneyland, london, school, summer, west, zoo

My family went to Disneyland last summer and had the best time ever.

PREP.

in, off, on, since, through, with

She went through all the old boxes in the attic looking for her grandmother's letters.

ADV.

away, quickly

She went away for the weekend to visit her sister in Boston.

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Idioms & Phrases

nobody ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American people

Americans, as a group, are not especially intelligent and can be readily entertained or fooled to produce a financial benefit for someone.

Ed Wood was a backwards genius, he set out to make horror movies and he didn’t know how to do it. . . . Mencken said, “Nobody ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of th

nobody ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public

Alternative form of nobody ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American people.

no one ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public

Alternative form of nobody ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American people.

nobody ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American people

Americans, as a group, do not have good taste or sophistication and can be easily amused or distracted to produce financial benefit for someone.

“I remembered that nobody ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public, so I set out to write the worst novel it was humanly possible to write and still get pub

nobody ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public

Alternative form of nobody ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American people.

Example Bank

But here my wearie teeme, nigh over spent, / Shall breathe it selfe awhile after so long a went.

Wiktionary

This is my friend Rachel. We went to high school together.

Tatoeba · #1631

It has been so long since I last went to Disneyland with my family.

Tatoeba · #1682

I went to the zoo yesterday.

Tatoeba · #1876

We went to London last year.

Tatoeba · #1890

I went to drink a beer with friends.

Tatoeba · #2409

Usage Notes

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In some senses, went is marked as obsolete. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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