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

went

[went] / wɛnt /










VERB
proceed
Synonyms
Antonyms
STRONG


Example Sentences

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Anthropic’s revenue recently surged after its coding tool Claude Code went viral among software engineers, and the five-year-old startup surpassed OpenAI’s valuation for the first time.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

“The very first year you’re supposed to water regularly, and I did not hand-water enough, so everything basically died. The water bill went down dramatically, though.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

After two days in custody in the western Paris suburb of Nanterre, the 67-year-old singer and actor went before a panel of four judges on Wednesday evening.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

Despite pleas from authorities not to share the video, it went viral on social media.

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

I repeat what I told Dad last spring, and then again after Mom and I went to the info night that he couldn’t, or rather wouldn’t, come to.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam



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