went
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
An inflected form of go · inflected form.
How often you will meet it
Rank 120 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 209,232 times across 155,370 chapters — 0.099% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 500 words, the band worth learning before any other.
What it means
verb
- change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically also: travel, move, locomote How fast does your new car go?We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus
- follow a procedure or take a course also: proceed, move We should go farther in this matterShe went through a lot of trouble
- move away from a place into another direction also: go away, depart Go away before I start to cryThe train departs at noon
- enter or assume a certain state or condition also: become, get He became annoyed when he heard the bad newsIt must be getting more serious
- be awarded; be allotted The first prize goes to MaryHer money went on clothes
- have a particular form also: run the story or argument runs as followsas the saying goes...
went in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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The man bowed and went up the walk.
The Picture of Dorian Gray · Oscar Wilde · Chapter 1
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And all went to be taxed, every one into his own city.
The White Christmas and other Merry · Walter Ben Hare · Chapter 1
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How far this was a popular superstition, and to what length his learning went, it is impossible to say.
Christian's Mistake · Dinah Maria Mulock Craik · Chapter 1
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This boy went into his tiny bedroom and threw himself down with his face in his pillow and lay still.
The Courage of the Commonplace · Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews · Chapter 1
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At once the boy went to work on his neglected corn-bread and fish, but the girl left hers untouched where they lay.
The Heart of the Hills · John, Jr. Fox · Chapter 1