Definition of went

"went" in the verb sense

1. travel, go, move, locomote

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"

2. go, proceed, move

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"

3. go, go away, depart

move away from a place into another direction

"Go away before I start to cry"

"The train departs at noon"

4. become, go, get

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!"

5. go

be awarded be allotted

"The first prize goes to Mary"

"Her money went on clothes"

6. run, go

have a particular form

"the story or argument runs as follows"

"as the saying goes..."

7. run, go, pass, lead, extend

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"

8. proceed, go

follow a certain course

"The inauguration went well"

"how did your interview go?"

9. go

be abolished or discarded

"These ugly billboards have to go!"

"These luxuries all had to go under the Khmer Rouge"

10. go

be or continue to be in a certain condition

"The children went hungry that day"

11. sound, go

make a certain noise or sound

"She went `Mmmmm'"

"The gun went `bang'"

12. function, work, operate, go, run

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"

13. run low, run short, go

to be spent or finished

"The money had gone after a few days"

"Gas is running low at the gas stations in the Midwest"

14. move, go, run

progress by being changed

"The speech has to go through several more drafts"

"run through your presentation before the meeting"

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

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"

16. go

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"

17. 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

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"

18. belong, go

be in the right place or situation

"Where do these books belong?"

"Let's put health care where it belongs

19. go

be ranked or compare

"This violinist is as good as Juilliard-trained violinists go"

20. start, go, get going

begin or set in motion

"I start at eight in the morning"

"Ready, set, go!"

21. move, go

have a turn make one's move in a game

"Can I go now?"

22. go

be contained in

"How many times does 18 go into 54?"

23. go

be sounded, played, or expressed

"How does this song go again?"

24. blend, go, blend in

blend or harmonize

"This flavor will blend with those in your dish"

"This sofa won't go with the chairs"

25. go, lead

lead, extend, or afford access

"This door goes to the basement"

"The road runs South"

26. fit, go

be the right size or shape fit correctly or as desired

"This piece won't fit into the puzzle"

27. rifle, go

go through in search of something search through someone's belongings in an unauthorized way

"Who rifled through my desk drawers?"

28. go

be spent

"All my money went for food and rent"

29. plump, go

give support (to) or make a choice (of) one out of a group or number

"I plumped for the losing candidates"

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

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"

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Quotations for went

On the twenty second of June,
Jonathan Fiddle went out of tune. [ Epitaph ]

Christ leads me through no darker rooms
Than He went through before. [ Richard Baxter ]

Here I lie, and no wonder I am dead,
For the wheel of a wagon went over my head. [ Miscellaneous epitaph ]

Went in at the one ear and out at the other. [ Heywood ]

He trudged along, unknowing what he sought,
And whistled as he went, for want of thought. [ John Dryden ]

Then fell upon the house a sudden gloom,
A shadow on those features fair and thin;
And softly, from that hushed and darkened room,
Two angels issued, where but one went in. [ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow ]

Early, bright, transient, chaste as morning dew.
She sparkled, was exhal'd, and went to heaven. [ Young ]

Happy is the man whose father went to the devil. [ Proverb ]

A daring pilot in extremity;
Pleased with the danger, when the waves went high
He sought the storms; but, for a calm unfit,
Would steer too nigh the sands to boast his wit.
Great wits are sure to madness near allied,
And thin partitions do their bounds divide; [ Dryden, Absalom and Achitophel ]

Happy is the child whose father went to the devil. [ Proverb ]

Men speak of the fair as things went with them there. [ English Proverb, collected by George Herbert ]

Under this sod, beneath these trees,
Lyeth the pod of Solomon Pease.
Pease is not here, but only his pod,
He shelled out his soul, which went straight to his God. [ An old American epitaph ]

If fools went not to market, bad wares would not be sold. [ Proverb ]

The heathens when they died, went to bed without a candle. [ Proverb ]

He never wrought a good day's work that went grumbling about it. [ Proverb ]

For one Orpheus who went to Hell to seek his wife, how many widowers who would not even go to Paradise to find theirs! [ J. Petit-Senn ]

We sleep, but the loom of life never stops; and the pattern which was weaving when the sun went down is weaving when it comes up tomorrow. [ Henry Ward Beecher ]

To me, clowns aren't funny. In fact, they're kind of scary. I've wondered where this started and I think it goes back to the time I went to the circus, and a clown killed my dad. [ Jack Handey, Deep Thoughts ]

The sordid meal of the Cynics contributed neither to their tranquillity nor to their modesty. Pride went with Diogenes into his tub; and there he had the presumption to command Alexander the haughtiest of all men. [ Henry Home ]

There was, it is said, a criminal in Italy who was suffered to make his choice between Guicciardini and the galleys. He chose the history. But the war of Pisa was too much for him; he changed his mind, and went to the oars. [ Macaulay ]

It is necessary to look forward as well as backward, as some think it is always necessary to regulate their conduct by things that have been done of old times, but that past which is so presumptuously brought forward as a precedent for the present, was itself founded on an alternative of some past that went before it. [ Madame De Stael ]

For ages the world has been waiting and watching; millions, with broken hearts, have hovered around the yawning abyss; but no echo has come back from the engulfing gloom - silence, oblivion, covers all. If indeed they survive; if they went away whole and victorious, they give us no signals. We wait for years, but no messages come from the far-away shore to which they have gone. [ Bishop R. S. Foster ]

Almost all men are over-anxious. No sooner do they enter the world than they lose that taste for natural and simple pleasures so remarkable in early life. Every hour do they ask themselves what progress they have made in the pursuit of wealth or honor; and on they go as their fathers went before them, till, weary and sick at heart, they look back with a sigh of regret to the golden time of their childhood. [ Rogers ]

Columbus died in utter ignorance of the true nature of his discovery. He supposed he had found India, but never knew how strangely God had used him. So God piloted the fleet. The great discoverer, with all his heroic virtues, did not know whither he went. He sailed for the back door of Asia, and landed at the front door of America, and knew it not. He never settled the continent. Thus far and no farther, said the Lord. His providence was over all. [ David James Burrell ]

went in Scrabble®

The word went is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 7

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters went:

WENT
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All Scrabble® Plays For The Word went

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went in Words With Friends™

The word went is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 8

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters went:

WENT
(48)
 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word went

WENT
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Words within the letters of went

2 letter words in went (2 words)

3 letter words in went (4 words)

4 letter words in went (Anagrams) (2 words)

went + 1 blank (2 words)

Word Growth involving went

Shorter words in went

en

we

Longer words containing went

forewent

forwent

miswent

twenties

twentieth twentieths

twenty twentyeight

twenty twentyfifth

twenty twentyfirst

twenty twentyfive twentyfives

twenty twentyfold

twenty twentyfour twentyfourth

twenty twentyone

twenty twentysecond

twenty twentysomething twentysomethings

twenty twentythird

twenty twentythree

twenty twentytwo twentytwos

underwent